Red Jewelfish

Odontanthias cauoh

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A red anthias from reef waters, so newly described that the single known specimen revealed an empty stomach and immature ovaries. Its diet and habits stay largely unrecorded, though its relatives hover in loose groups above the reef and pick plankton from the current.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Perciformes › Anthiadidae › Odontanthias

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1493884.