They have been observed to co-operatively feed, some fish feed while others herd the prey, such as shrimp, the roles being reversed to allow all the fish to feed. Species description and taxonomy Anthias anthias was first formally described in 1758 as Labrus anthius by Carolus Linnaeus in Volume 1 of the Xth edition of the Systema Naturae with the type locality given as southern Europe. When Marcus Elieser Bloch created the genus Anthias he used Anthias sacer as the type species but this is regarded as a synonym of Linnaeus's Labrus anthias, so this species is the type species of its genus. The name anthias is Greek for a fish, probably the gilt-head bream. Utilisation Anthias anthias is used in the marine aquarium trade. References External links anthias Fish described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus