Pseudobiceros flavocanthus Newman & Cannon, 1994
photographed specimen collected at Maliko Bay, Maui, 20 ft. under slab.

ID from Newman & Cannon CD.

"Background colour black with purple-blue marginal band becoming white and an outer band bright yellow. Pseudotentacles small, square, slightly ruffled, with white-grey spot in between.... Distribution: Rare. Papua New Guinea."

Rare in Hawaii; this is the only known photograph. Similar to Pseudobiceros periculosus.

BACK to solid color w marginal bands