Pseudanthias cooperi, the red-bar anthias is a Pseudanthias fish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 14 cm in length.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Pseudanthias |
| Species: | P. cooperi
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| Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902)
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Etymology
editThe identity of the person honoured in the specific name is not specified in Regan's account but it is thought to be Clive Forster Cooper (1880-1947), who was a member of the expedition on which the type was collected in the Maldives.[3]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T.; Lawrence, A.; Myers, R. (2016). "Pseudanthias cooperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69590668A69592517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69590668A69592517.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudanthis cooperi". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Charles Tate Regan (1902). "On the Fishes of the Maldive Islands I Freshwater II Dredged". In J. Stanley Gardiner (ed.). The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes : being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Vol. 1 part 3. Cambridge University Press. pp. 272–281.
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