Species: Bathyanthias mexicanus, Yellowtail Bass

Bathyanthias mexicanus Schultz, 1958

Yellowtail Bass

Body moderately elongate and compressed; head pointed, curved upper profile; eye moderate; front nostrils distinctly tubular, nearer lip than are rear nostrils; mouth moderately large, slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, corner with weakly developed hook; rear edge of preopercle serrated; no prominent spines on opercle; 22 (21-23) gill rakers, including rudiments; dorsal fin VIII, 14 (14-15), weakly notched between spiny and soft parts; anal fin III, 8; pectoral fin ii, 13 (12-14); anus near origin of anal fin; tail slightly forked; lateral line in a broad arch to tail base, 43 pored scales.

Body pale red chest silver white; head with two yellow lines, from snout to lower edge of eye, from eye to upper edge of opercle; dorsal fin reddish, with yellow margin; anal fin pale yellow to reddish; tail fin yellow, upper and lower rays with black tips.

Reaches 15 cm

Trawled on soft bottoms.

Depth range: 27-429 m.

The Gulf of Mexico.