Its very thin body is deeper than it is long .
Color, in life, pink and pinkish white. Maximum reported length about 1 foot.
General range— Tropical and subtropical Atlantic, mostly offshore.
Occurrence in the Gulf of Maine— We mention this fish because we have seen 8 specimens and heard of 6 others that were trawled in 55-80 fathoms, south of Nantucket Lightship in May 1950. Other records of it near the American coast are one trawled by the Albatross III at 50 fathoms and a second at 22 fathoms off North Carolina, in January 1950. It has also been taken near Madeira, off the Barbados, and in Cuban waters.
From Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) online courtesy of MBL/WHOIhttp://www.gma.org/fogm/Antigonia_capros.htm
Al Bezanson
Good Morning Gloucester 