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Red Sea (Scalefin) Anthias

Pseudanthias squamipinnis
About the species

These tiny jewels swarm in vast orange clouds above every healthy Red Sea coral head, feeding on plankton in the current. Females glow golden-orange while the rarer magenta males display elongated dorsal fins. Each group lives as a harem, and a dominant female changes sex to male if needed.


Where to see it

122 sites in the catalogue.

Daedalus
East Side / Lighthouse Reef
HighYear-round
Daedalus
North Plateau (Anemone City)
HighYear-round
Daedalus
West Wall
HighYear-round
Dahab
Abu Talha
HighYear-round
Dahab
Bannerfish Bay
HighYear-round
Dahab
Eel Garden
HighYear-round
Dahab
Gabr el Bint
HighYear-round
Dahab
Golden Blocks
HighYear-round
Dahab
Lighthouse
HighYear-round
Dahab
Moray Garden
HighYear-round
Dahab
Ras Abu Galum
HighYear-round
Dahab
Ras Abu Helal
HighYear-round
Dahab
The Bells
HighYear-round
Dahab
The Blue Hole
HighYear-round
Dahab
The Canyon
HighYear-round
Dahab
The Caves
HighYear-round
Dahab
The Islands
HighYear-round
Dahab
Three Pools
HighYear-round
Dahab
Umm Sid
HighYear-round
El Gouna
El Fanadir North
HighYear-round
El Gouna
El Fanadir South
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Poseidon Garden
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Shaab Abu Nugar
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Shabroah Siyul (Blind Reef)
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Siyul Kebira (Big Siyul)
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Siyul Soraya (Small Siyul)
HighYear-round
El Gouna
Um Halhala
HighYear-round
El Quseir
Abu Humra (Shaab Abu Hamra)
HighYear-round
El Quseir
El Kaf (El-Kahf)
HighYear-round
El Quseir
El Quseir Wall (El Quadim Drop-off)
HighYear-round
El Quseir
Serib Kebir (Zerib Kebir)
HighYear-round
El Quseir
The Rock (El Quseir)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Abu Galawa Kebir (Tienstin Wreck)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Abu Galawa Soraya
HighYear-round
Hamata
Gota Sataya
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sataya (Dolphin Reef)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sataya Reef (Dolphin House)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sha'ab Claudia (Claudio)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Shaab Claudio
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sha'ab Malahi
HighYear-round
Hamata
Sha'ab Sernaka
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Abu Ramada (North & South)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Carless Reef
HighYear-round
Hurghada
El Fanadir
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Erg Somaya
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Gota Abu Ramada (The Aquarium)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Sha'ab El Erg (Dolphin House)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Shabruhr Umm Gamar
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Small Giftun (Erg Giftun / Erg Gigi)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Umm Gamar
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Abu Dabbab III (Erg)
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Elphinstone Reef
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Erg Samadai (Caves & Pinnacles)
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Marsa Shouna
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Samadai (Dolphin House)
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Sha'ab Marsa Alam
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
Abu Lou Lou (Hilton House Reef)
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
Bawaki
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
El Hibeq (Sinker)
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
MFO (Maagana)
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
Ras Shaitan (Devil's Head)
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
Stone House (Ras Mamlah)
HighYear-round
Nuweiba
The Labyrinth
HighYear-round
Safaga
Abu Kafan
HighYear-round
Safaga
Canyon Reef (Sharm El Naga)
HighYear-round
Safaga
Gamul Kebir
HighYear-round
Safaga
Gamul Soraya
HighYear-round
Safaga
Middle Reef
HighYear-round
Safaga
Panorama Reef
HighYear-round
Safaga
Ras Abu Soma
HighYear-round
Safaga
Shaab Claude
HighYear-round
Safaga
Shaab Sheer
HighYear-round
Safaga
Tobia Arba'a (Seven Pinnacles)
HighYear-round
Safaga
Tobia Kebir
HighYear-round
Safaga
Tobia Soraya
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Anemone City
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Eel Garden (Ras Mohammed)
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Far Garden
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Jackson Reef
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Middle Garden
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Near Garden
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Bob
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Ghozlani
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Katy
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Nasrani
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Umm Sid
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Za'atar
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Shark Observatory
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Small Crack (Ras Mohammed)
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
The Temple
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
The Tower
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Thomas Reef
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
White Knight
HighYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Woodhouse Reef
HighYear-round
St John's
Big Gota
HighYear-round
St John's
Dangerous Reef
HighYear-round
St John's
Gota Kebir
HighYear-round
St John's
Gota Soraya
HighYear-round
St John's
Habili Ali
HighYear-round
St John's
Habili Gaffar
HighYear-round
St John's
Umm Aruk
HighYear-round
St John's
Umm Khararim
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Bluff Point (Gubal Island)
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Carnatic
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Chrisoula K
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Dunraven (Beacon Rock)
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Giannis D
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Kimon M
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Rosalie Moller
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Abu Nuhas (Reef)
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Ali
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Ulysses
HighYear-round
Taba
Angel's Net
HighYear-round
Taba
Marsa El Muqabila
HighYear-round
Taba
Maxwell's Reef
HighYear-round
Taba
Pharaoh's Island (Coral Island)
HighYear-round
Taba
Ras Amira
HighYear-round
Taba
Shab Ghamila (Radisson Reef)
HighYear-round
Taba
The Aquarium
HighYear-round
Taba
The Fjord
HighYear-round
Taba
Topaz Gardens
HighYear-round
Taba
Zak's Tables
HighYear-round

Sighting history
Verified sightings · last 12 months

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