Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner, 1875) Anthias (Hemanthias) peruanus Steindachner, 1875 Lectotype: MCZ 10232, 248 mm SL (selected by Anderson & Heemstra, 2012:53, 54). Type locality: off Paita, Peru. Illustrations: Anderson & Heemstra, 2012, fig. 12; Kuiter, 2004:18. D: X, 13 to 15 (usually 14). A: III, 7 to 9 (usually 8). P: 15 to 19 (usually 17 or18). C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 31 to 35 (9 or 10 + 22 to 25). LL: 48 to 59 (usually 50 to 56). CP: 34 to 42. Distribution: eastern Pacific: Mexico— “Hipólito Bank [27°N], Baja California Sur, in the Pacific, and Cabo Lobos [ca. 30°N], Sonora, in the Gulf of California to Trujillo [8°S], Peru, and the Galápagos Islands ” (Anderson & Baldwin, 2000:379; Anderson & Heemstra, 2012:54).

Published as part of William D. Anderson, Jr., 2018, Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 4475 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4475.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1453283