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Serranidae 



Genus ANTHIAS Bloch 



Anthias Bloch, 1782, p. 97 (type Labrtis anthias Linnzeus= A nthias 



sacer Bloch). 

 Aylopon Rafinesque, 1810, p. 52 (type Labrus anthias Linnaeus). 

 Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1873, p. 158 (type by original designation Anthias 



pleurotaenia Bleeker). 

 Body oblong, strongly compressed. Covered with smooth, moderate, 

 or large ctenoid scales. Lateral line complete, following dorsal outline, 

 angulated below last dorsal rays. Lateral line tubes straight or with an 

 ascending tubule and extending nearly the entire scale. Mouth large, 

 protractile. Maxillary exposed, scaled; supplemental bone absent. 



Jaw teeth villiform, intermixed with canines. Vomerine teeth in a 

 triangular or round patch. Palatine teeth in a narrow elongate band. 

 Tongue smooth or with a few teeth. Edge of preopercle serrate, serra- 

 tions near angle enlarged, no antrorse spines on its lower edge. Gill- 

 membranes separate, gill-rakers long and slender. Pseudobranchiae 

 present. Branchiostegal rays 7. Dorsal fin X, 12 to 18. Anal III, 

 6 to 8. Caudal emarginate. Pectorals obtusely pointed, subs^^mmetrical, 

 17 or 18 rays. Ventrals long, inserted below pectoral base, each with a 

 strong spine. 



Anthias gordensis, new species 

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Holotype.—AR¥ no. 924. 



Type locality. — Station 1035-40, Inner Gorda Bank, Cape San Lucas, 

 Lower California, Mexico, dredged in 70 to 78 fms, January 20, 1940. 



Paratype.—AYiY no. 925. Station 1035-40, 1 specimen, 129.5 mm, 

 same data as holotype. 



Measurements of holotype in mm. — Standard length 127, depth 42, 

 head 42, ej^e 11.3, snout 8.5, interorbital 9, maxillary 20, pectoral length 

 35, ventral length 61. 



Diagnosis. — Dorsal X, 15, continous, dorsal spines moderate, third 

 spine longest, twice height of first spine. Anal III, 7. Ventrals I, 5, 

 second and third rays filamentous, tip of third ray reaching base of last 

 anal ray. Caudal fin deeply emarginate, almost forked, lobes not pro- 



