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Hemanthias

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Hemanthias is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae. They are found at rocky reefs at depths of in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific and West Atlantic.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilySerranidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded955

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
50
Family
Serranidae
Collections
TCWC, CICIMAR-IPN, ICML-UNAM, YPM, USNM, MCZ
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthiadinae
Image
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Commons category
Hemanthias
taxon name
Hemanthias
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Hemanthias
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Hemanthias is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae. They are found at rocky reefs at depths of in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific and West Atlantic.

They are red, pink and yellow, and reach in length depending on the species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemanthias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.