Holotype of the Coral Sea sailfin anthias Rabaulichtys squirei. F. Walsh

The Coral Sea sailfin anthias shipping from Australia has just been described as Rabaulichthys squirei by John Randall in the journal Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. The Coral Sea sailfin anthias is in the same Rabaulichthys genus as the sailfin anthias from the Phillipines which was filmed displaying a few months back. Rabaulichthys squirei is distinguished by a very high anterior dorsal fin, an elongated snout and ‘subtle differences in coloration’.

Paratype of Rabaulichthys squirei is a male sailfin anthias, in thsi case showing a stressed coloration. F. Walsh