Species: Hemanthias leptus, Longtail Bass
yellow stripe: snout to pectoral base, fins yellow

Hemanthias leptus (Ginsburg, 1952)
Longtail Bass
Body elongate, compressed, oval; head pointed, short, compressed; eye large; mouth strongly oblique; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; canine teeth at front of mouth; teeth on center and sides of roof of mouth; preopercle margin serrated above and below, no long spines; 34-39 gill rakers; dorsal fin with X, 14 (rarely 13), third dorsal spine long and filamentous, at least in adults; anal fin III, 8 (rarely 7); pelvics inserted under base of pectoral, long (40-76% of SL in adults); pectorals 15-19; tail fin forked in smaller fish, straight in adults; scales small, rough, 54-62 on lateral line, 7-8 rows between 5th dorsal fin and lateral line; top jaw and most of snout and area between eyes scaleless.
Reddish pink above, fading to pinkish white below; yellow stripe below eye from snout to above pectoral fin base; flank with a broad band of yellow spots; fins pink and yellow.
Size: grows to 56 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs.
Depth: 35-640 m.
North Carolina to Suriname, also in Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 56
- Depth Range Min
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- 35
- Depth Range Max
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- 640