Lyretail anthias
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
An orange cloud facing the current. The busiest school on the reef.
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Stats
- Size
- 10 cm
- Smallest tank
- 120 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Demanding
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 3 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres25 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres54 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres100 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Flame angelfish
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Coral beauty angelfish
- Potter's angelfish
- Radiant wrasse
- Mystery wrasse
- Cleaner wrasse
- Bicolor blenny
- Blackcap basslet
- Yellowhead jawfish
- Clarkii clownfish
- Pink skunk clownfish
- Rusty angelfish
- Leopard wrasse
- Randall's shrimpgoby
- Canary blenny
- Striped fang blenny
- Neon dottyback
- Valentini puffer
- Tomato clownfish
- and 48 more species
Caution
- Sixline wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Yellow tangCrowding the same layer
- Blue tangCrowding the same layer
- Yellow coris wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Flame wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Dispar anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Bartlett's anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Lemonpeel angelfishCrowding the same layer
- Melanurus wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Scott's fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Carpenter's flasher wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Lined seahorseNarrow shared temperature range
- Pyramid butterflyfishCrowding the same layer
- Scopas tangCrowding the same layer
- Convict tangCrowding the same layer
- Sailfin tangCrowding the same layer
- Naso tangCrowding the same layer
Not together
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Blue damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Purple tangAggressive with peaceful
- Powder blue tangAggressive with peaceful
- Lunare wrasseAggressive with peaceful
- Picasso triggerfishAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Queen angelfishAggressive with peaceful
Same familyBasslets, dottybacks and anthias
- Royal grammaGramma loreto
- Blackcap bassletGramma melacara
- Bartlett's anthiasPseudanthias bartlettorum
- Dispar anthiasPseudanthias dispar
- Squarespot anthiasPseudanthias pleurotaenia
- Orchid dottybackPseudochromis fridmani
- Neon dottybackPseudochromis aldabraensis
- Swissguard bassletLiopropoma rubre
- Chalk bassSerranus tortugarum