
The Blue Room
Interactive Experience
The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.
Creature Focus: Purple Anthias
Scientific Name: Pseudanthias tuka
Habitat: The steep walls of reef drop offs
Conservation Status: Least concern
Threats: Climate change
Researcher Note:
Whilst both males and females are purple, females have a bright yellow stripe along their backs and males have long fins and enlarged blubbery lips.

Which fish am I?
Credit: WA Museum