The threadnose bass (Anthias tenuis)

The threadnose bass, Anthias tenuis, a planktivorous streamer bass from the Flower Garden Banks. Streamer basses are the most numerous reef fishes on deep, shelf-edge reefs of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Illustration by D. Weaver, FGBNMS.

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