# Hemanthias

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{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
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| image = Fish4274 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Hemanthias leptus](/source/Hemanthias_leptus)''
| taxon = Hemanthias
| authority = [Steindachner](/source/Franz_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](/source/ray-finned_fish) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Anthiadidae](/source/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](/source/FishBase), the following species are included in ''Hemanthias'':<ref name=fishbase/>

* ''[Hemanthias leptus](/source/Hemanthias_leptus)'' <small>([Longley](/source/William_Harding_Longley), 1935)</small> (Longtail bass) - West Atlantic
* ''[Hemanthias peruanus](/source/Hemanthias_peruanus)'' <small>(Steindachner, 1875)</small> (Splittail bass) – East Pacific
* ''[Hemanthias signifer](/source/Hemanthias_signifer)'' <small>([Garman](/source/Samuel_Garman), 1899)</small> (Damsel bass)– East Pacific

==References==
{{Commons category|Hemanthias}}
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Category:Anthiadidae
Category:Perciformes genera
Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner

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