Scuba Journal Magazine

Marine Life / Reef fish

Red-cheeked Anthias

Pseudanthias huchtii

Red-cheeked Anthias
Red-cheeked Anthias, photo 2
Red-cheeked Anthias, photo 3
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Anthiadidae
Genus
Pseudanthias
Species
Pseudanthias huchtii

The red-cheeked anthias (Pseudanthias huchtii) is a green-yellow anthias with a red stripe below the eye.

It feeds on plankton in groups above the reef.

In the Philippines it is common on reef edges in current.