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The Redbar Anthias (Pseudanthias rubrizonatus) is a small colourful fish species that is a member of the ‘Cod and Grouper’ family Serranidae. It is known to occur in the warm tropical waters of the Western Pacific and can be found from the Andaman Sea to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan and south to northwestern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland. Females are light red in colour with a yellow mark on each scale except ventrally where they are whitish and they have a narrow violet band from below the eye to the lower pectoral base and red tipped caudal lobes. Males can recognised by the broad red bar below the dorsal fin and the body before the bar is coloured with lavender whilst it is yellow behind the bar towards the tail. Juveniles can be identified by lavender tipped dorsal spines. This species can be found in aggregations around isolated coral heads, on wrecks and rubble patches and juveniles are known to inhabitat harbours and silty rocky reefs. The Redbar Anthias (Pseudanthias rubrizonatus) grows to a maximum length of approximately 10cm.
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