Did I imagine this?

[guidedbyechoes]

I was at a LFS and they had a fish in their display tank. Its the not for sale tank and there appeared to be an lyretail anthias anthias with colors very similar to a purple striped dotty back. DO they exist or did I see a dottyback and just imagine the lyretail?

 

[Eienna]

I've never seen or heard of one like that, but...maybe it exists?

 

[nitro'sreef]

:car: go back

 

[guidedbyechoes]

I always forget to take pics

 

[Jlobes]

Purple queen anthias??

 

[Mike&Terry]

Look up Pseudanthias cheirospilos which are nearly identical to Pseudanthias squamipinnis and can be mislabeled. Both species have the same temperament. We kept a male P. cheirospilos with a harem of female P. squamipinnis not realizing at the time that they were different species.

 

[guidedbyechoes]

It looked more slender so I'm guessing it was a dottyback. It was more yellow and had a body similar to a blenny.