Species: Bathyanthias mexicanus, Yellowtail Bass
head: 2 yellow lines

pectoral ii, 13 (12-14)
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.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- In & Offshore
- Inshore
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- GC endemic
- Gulf of Mexico endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 27
- Depth Range Max
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- 429