Hemanthias

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Fish4274 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg | image_caption = ''Hemanthias leptus'' | taxon = Hemanthias | authority = Steindachner, 1875 | type_species = ''Anthias (Hemianthius) peruanus'' | type_species_authority = Steindachner, 1875<ref name = CofFG>{{Cof record|genid=3787|title=Hemianthius|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text }}

'''''Hemanthias''''' is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae. They are found at rocky reefs at depths of {{convert|20|-|610|m|abbr=on}} in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific and West Atlantic.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Hemanthias | month = December | year = 2019}}</ref>

They are red, pink and yellow, and reach {{convert|25|-|50|cm|abbr=on}} in length depending on the species.<ref name=fishbase/>

==Species== Based on FishBase, the following species are included in ''Hemanthias'':<ref name=fishbase/>

* ''Hemanthias leptus'' (Longley, 1935) (Longtail bass) - West Atlantic * ''Hemanthias peruanus'' (Steindachner, 1875) (Splittail bass) – East Pacific * ''Hemanthias signifer'' (Garman, 1899) (Damsel bass)– East Pacific

==References== {{Commons category|Hemanthias}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Anthiadidae Category:Perciformes genera Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner