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Hemanthias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Serranidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Anthiadinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Lepidoperca, Hypoplectrodes, Caprodon, Luzonichthys, Holanthias

Hemanthias is a genus of colourful fishes in the subfamily Anthiadinae. They are found at rocky reefs at depths of 20–610 m (66–2,001 ft) in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific and West Atlantic.

They are red, pink and yellow, and reach 25–50 cm (9.8–19.7 in) in length depending on the exact species.

Species

Based on FishBase, the following species are included in Hemanthias:

  • Streamer bass, Hemanthias aureorubens (Ginsburg, 1952) – West Atlantic
  • Longtail bass, Hemanthias leptus (Longley, 1935) – West Atlantic
  • Splittail bass, Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner, 1875) – East Pacific
  • Damsel bass, Hemanthias signifer (Garman, 1899) – East Pacific
  • Red barbier, Hemanthias vivanus (Jordan & Swain, 1885) – West Atlantic

    • References

    Hemanthias Wikipedia
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