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Anthias nicholsi is a handsome deepwater fish that rarely comes before a camera lens these days.
The IUCN Red List indicates that this species is not endangered, an indication (now outdated) of this is an 1135 specimen bycatch on September 5, 2002 by the National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS.
The main food of this perch are free-swimming pelagic marine snails.
The body of the perch is pinkish above with a yellow tinge, paler below; on the lower side of the head with a bright yellow stripe that extends to the pelvic fins.
There are two yellow stripes on the sides of the head; the fins, except the pectoral fins, are distinctly yellow.
The blue iris in the eyes is striking.
Similar species: Choranthias tenuis (Nichols, 1920) formerly called Anthias tenuis Nichols, 1920.
The IUCN Red List indicates that this species is not endangered, an indication (now outdated) of this is an 1135 specimen bycatch on September 5, 2002 by the National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS.
The main food of this perch are free-swimming pelagic marine snails.
The body of the perch is pinkish above with a yellow tinge, paler below; on the lower side of the head with a bright yellow stripe that extends to the pelvic fins.
There are two yellow stripes on the sides of the head; the fins, except the pectoral fins, are distinctly yellow.
The blue iris in the eyes is striking.
Similar species: Choranthias tenuis (Nichols, 1920) formerly called Anthias tenuis Nichols, 1920.
