Randall's anthias
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Male Randall’s anthias develop a slightly protruding upper lip.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Randall's anthias
- Scientific name
- Pseudanthias randalli
- Japanese name
- フチドリハナダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Pseudanthias
Where the name “Randall's anthias” comes from
The scientific epithet randalli honors John Ernest Randall.
FishBase ConsortiumIt lives from Hachijojima and the Okinawa islands to the Philippines, Malaysia and the Marshall Islands.
Males and females differ slightly in color, and the male's pelvic fins are edged in red.
How the Randall's anthias lives
It lives in caves or coral rubble along steep drop-offs or channel walls. It lives in small groups.
FishBase ConsortiumBasic data
- Range
- Hachijo Island, Miyako Island, Iriomote Island, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sabah coast, Palau Islands, and elsewhere
Where the Randall's anthias has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- フチドリハナダイ
- 简体中文
- 伦氏拟花鮨
- 繁體中文
- 倫氏擬花鮨
- Français
- Anthias bonbon
- Português (Brasil)
- Anthias-de-Randall
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — フチドリハナダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase Consortium — Pseudanthias randalli, Randall's fairy bassletChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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