sea goldie
Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The sea goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), also known as the orange basslet, lyretail coralfish, onestripe goldie, lyretail anthias, lyretail fairy basslet, orange fairy basslet, orange seaperch, scalefin basslet, scalefin Fairy basslet and scalefin anthias, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an anthias from the subfamily Anthiinae part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It is found in the aquarium trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Sea goldie; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:53:41.921696+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
- Name authority
- (Peters, 1855)
- Common name
- sea goldie
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Anthiadidae
- Genus
- Pseudanthias
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyAnthiadidae Poey, 1861
- genusPseudanthias Bleeker, 1871
- speciesPseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudanthias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| two-spot bassletPseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith, 1955) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias cichlops (Bleeker, 1853) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias connelli (Heemstra & Randall, 1986) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen & Starck, 1982) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias flavicauda Randall & Pyle, 2001 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker, 1857) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias ignitus (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias lunulatus (Kotthaus, 1973) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama & Masuda, 1983) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias mica Allen & Erdmann, 2012 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudanthias mooreanus (Herre, 1935) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pseudanthias squammipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Anthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Anthias squammipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Franzia squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Pseudantthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Anthias cheirospilos Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
| Anthias lepidolepis Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
| Serranus squamipinnis Peters, 1855 Peters, 1855 | synonym |
| Anthias sqamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Pseudoanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218278 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4NKPQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.