Where to buy Yellowfin Anthias
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About Yellowfin Anthias
Yellowfin Anthias are small, elongated serranids with a predominantly orange-red body and distinctive yellow dorsal and caudal fins. Males are more intensely colored than females, with extended filamentous dorsal spines and a deeper orange hue. The head and gill plates feature bright coloration with subtle markings.
Key facts
- Diet Details
- Feed small frozen foods including mysis shrimp, copepods, and high-quality marine flakes. Yellowfin Anthias are active planktivores and benefit from multiple small feedings daily of appropriately sized prey.
- Max Size
- 5
- Common Health Issues
- Starvation (if not fed frequently enough), parasitic infections, bacterial infections, lateral line erosion in poor water conditions.
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Red Sea, East Africa, and extending eastward through Indonesia and the Philippines to the Great Barrier Reef and Polynesia.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Aka
- Mero Aleta Amarilla
- Appearance
- Yellowfin Anthias are small, elongated serranids with a predominantly orange-red body and distinctive yellow dorsal and caudal fins. Males are more intensely colored than females, with extended filamentous dorsal spines and a deeper orange hue. The head and gill plates feature bright coloration with subtle markings.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Family
- Serranidae
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