Anisotropic fluid distributions on pseudo-spheroidal spacetimes

An exact solution of Einstein's field equations for anisotropic fluid distr ibution on the background of a pseudo-spheroidal spacetime has been reporte d. The models based on this solution are found to accommodate density varia tion of high degree from the centre to the boundary of the distribution and admit a subclass for which both the radial and tangential pressures vanish at the boundary of the configuration.