Scribbled anthias

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Scribbled anthias can show different body colors or patterns when living with similar-looking species.

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Scribbled anthias in its habitat (illustration)

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Scribbled anthias can show different body colors or patterns when living with similar-looking species.

SourceFishBase — Pseudanthias bimaculatus, Two-spot basslet

THE REAL WORLD

The real Scribbled anthias

Scientific name: Pseudanthias bimaculatus
Japanese name: スクリブルドアンティアス
Group: Ocean animals

Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Pseudanthias

Facts about the real animal.

Where the name “Scribbled anthias” comes from

Its genus name combines Greek words for “false” and the name of a fish.

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It lives in the Indian Ocean.

鳥羽水族館 — スクリブルドアンティアス

Its whole body is pink, with bright yellow from the dorsal fin to the tail fin.

鳥羽水族館 — スクリブルドアンティアス

How the Scribbled anthias lives

It lives near the coast where the seabed drops steeply into deep water. In the Java Sea, it has been found in dead reef areas with somewhat cloudy water. It may spawn at the same time as closely related species and produce hybrids.

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Basic data

Range: Indian Ocean

鳥羽水族館

Where the Scribbled 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

Where it livesWorld oceans Ocean

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Names around the world

日本語: スクリブルドアンティアス
简体中文: 双斑拟花鮨
繁體中文: 雙斑擬花鮨
Français: Anthias à deux taches
Português (Brasil): Anthias-de-duas-pintas
Bahasa Indonesia: Ikan gadis totol-dua

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 — スクリブルドアンティアスChecked: 2026-11-04
FishBase — Pseudanthias bimaculatus, Two-spot 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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