Anthias ID

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Okay, I've been around a little while, and have had my share of fish over the years, but I find I have a specimen who was not properly identified.

He's the last of a set of five Anthias I got as Dispars. One by one, they died or just disappeared, until.just one remained. With no competition, it matured to a male, and it does not look like a Dispar. It has a lyre-shaped tail, not forked, and the coloration is not what a Dispar would display. Not evident in the photos (3 year old phone camera) is the orange line running from the mouth to the pectoral fins.

Anyone have any idea?

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pink lyre tail
 
A male squamipinnis anthias.
 
Pink lyretail
I have one and that’s what LFS had it labeled as .

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Pink lyretail
I have one and that’s what LFS had it labeled as .

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Is this like yours .. it’s hard to tell in photo but it looks the same

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