Anthias nicholsi Firth, 1933

Holotype: USNM 92936, 143 mm SL.

Type locality: off Chesapeake Light Vessel, Virginia. Illustrations: Anderson & Heemstra, 2012, fig. 21; Bullock & Smith, 1991, pl. I, fig. A; Kuiter, 2004:17.

D: X, 14 or 15 (usually with 15 soft rays, rarely with XI spines). A: III, 6 to 8 (7 in ca. 95 % of specimens). P: 18 to 21 (most frequently 19). C: 15 (8+ 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 39 to 44, usually 40 to 43 (11 to 13 + 27 to 31). LL: 31 to 34 (most frequently 32). CP: 17 or 18 (most frequently 18).

Distribution: western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to northeastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and

Caribbean Sea.