Purple anthias surrounding a gorgonian.

 (Deacon's Reef, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea)

fish, seabass, anthias, purple anthias, Chordata, Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Seranidae, subF Anthiinae, Pseudanthias tuka, school,

cnidarian; coral; octocoral; gorgonian; sea fan; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; subC Alcyonaria or Octocorallia; Gorgonacea; Melithaeidae (probably); Melithaea species, South Pacific