''Plectranthias'' is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
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in the subfamily
Anthiinae
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, part of the
family
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Serranidae
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, the
grouper
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s and sea basses. They are found in the
Atlantic
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,
Indian
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and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 57 recognized species in this genus:
*''Plectranthias ahiahiata''
Bart Shepherd, Shepherd, Phelps, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Pinheiro, Pérez-Matus & Luiz A. Rocha, Rocha 2018
*''Plectranthias alcocki''
Kinattum Kara Bineesh, Bineesh, Achamveetil Gopalakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan & Joy Krushna Jena, Jena, 2014 (Alcock's perchlet)
[Bineesh, K.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Gopalakrishnan, A. & Jena, J.K. (2014)]
''Plectranthias alcocki'', a new anthiine fish species (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Arabian Sea, off southwest India.
''Zootaxa, 3785 (3): 490–496.''
* ''Plectranthias alleni''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980 (Allen's perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias altipinnatus''
Masao Katayama, Katayama & Hajime Masuda, Masuda, 1980
* ''Plectranthias anthioides''
(Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, Günther, 1872)
* ''Plectranthias bauchotae''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
* ''Plectranthias bennetti''
Gerald Robert Allen, G. R. Allen & Fenton M. Walsh, F. M. Walsh, 2015 (Bennett's perchlet)
[Allen, G.R. & Walsh, F. (2015)]
''Plectranthias bennetti'', a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia.
''Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16: 82–89.''
* ''Plectranthias bilaticlavia''
Chris D. Paulin, Paulin & Clive D. Roberts, C. D. Roberts, 1987
* ''Plectranthias cirrhitoides''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
*''Plectranthias cruentus''
* ''Plectranthias elaine''
Phillip C. Heemstra, Heemstra & John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 2009
* ''Plectranthias elongatus''
Wu Kao-Yi, K. Y. Wu, John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall & Chen Jeng-Ping, J. P. Chen, 2011 [Wu, K.-Y., Randall, J.E. & Chen, J.-P. (2011)]
Two New Species of Anthiine Fishes of the Genus ''Plectranthias'' (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan.
''Zoological Studies, 50 (2): 247-253.''
* ''Plectranthias exsul''
Phillip C. Heemstra, Heemstra & William Dewey Anderson Jr., W. D. Anderson, 1983
* ''Plectranthias fijiensis''
Uday Raj, U. Raj & Johnson Seeto, Seeto, 1983
* ''Plectranthias flammeus''
Jeffrey Taylor Williams, J. T. Williams, Erwan Delrieu-Trottin, Delrieu-Trottin & Serge Planes, Planes, 2013 (Flame perchlet)
[Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2013)]
Two new fish species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas.
''Zootaxa, 3647 (1): 167–180.''
* ''Plectranthias foresti''
Pierre Fourmanoir, Fourmanoir, 1977
* ''Plectranthias fourmanoiri''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980 (Double-spot perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias gardineri''
(Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1908)
* ''Plectranthias garrupellus''
Charles Richard Robins, C. R. Robins & Walter A. Starck II, Starck, 1961 (Apricot perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias helenae''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
*''Plectranthias hinano''
Bart Shepherd, Shepherd, Phelps, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Pinheiro, Rocha & Luiz A. Rocha, Rocha 2020 (Hinano Perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias inermis''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980 (Checkered perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias intermedius''
(Adolf Kotthaus, Kotthaus, 1973)
* ''Plectranthias japonicus''
(Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1883) (Japanese perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias jothyi''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1996
* ''Plectranthias kamii''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
* ''Plectranthias kelloggi''
(David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Barton Warren Evermann, Evermann, 1903)
* ''Plectranthias klausewitzi''
Uwe Zajonz, Zajonz, 2006
* ''Plectranthias knappi''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1996
* ''Plectranthias lasti''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall & Douglass Fielding Hoese, Hoese, 1995 (Trawl perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias longimanus''
(Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Long-fin perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias maculicauda''
(Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1914) (Spot-tail perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias maugei''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
* ''Plectranthias megalepis''
(Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, Günther, 1880)
* ''Plectranthias megalophthalmus''
Pierre Fourmanoir, Fourmanoir & John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1979 (Citron perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias morgansi''
(James Leonard Brierley Smith, J. L. B. Smith, 1961) (Flag-fin perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias nanus''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980 (Bown-band perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias nazcae''
William Dewey Anderson Jr., W. D. Anderson, 2008 (Red perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias pallidus''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall & Douglass Fielding Hoese, Hoese, 1995 (Pale perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias parini''
William Dewey Anderson Jr., W. D. Anderson & John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1991 (Parin's perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias pelicieri''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall & Takeshi Shimizu (biologist), Shimizu, 1994
*''Plectranthias polygonius''
Bart Shepherd, Shepherd, Phelps, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Pinheiro, Rocha & Luiz A. Rocha, Rocha 2020 (Polygon Perchlet)
*''Plectranthias purpuralepis'' Tang, Lai & Ho, 2020
*''Plectranthias randalli''
Pierre Fourmanoir, Fourmanoir & Jacques Rivaton, Rivaton, 1980
* ''Plectranthias retrofasciatus''
Pierre Fourmanoir, Fourmanoir & John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1979
* ''Plectranthias robertsi''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall & Douglass Fielding Hoese, Hoese, 1995 (Filamentous perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias rubrifasciatus''
Pierre Fourmanoir, Fourmanoir & John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1979
* ''Plectranthias sagamiensis''
(Masao Katayama, Katayama, 1964)
* ''Plectranthias sheni''
Chen Jeng-Ping, J. P. Chen & Shao Kwang-Tsao, K. T. Shao, 2002
* ''Plectranthias takasei''
Anthony C. Gill, A. C. Gill, Tea Yi-Kai, Y. K. Tea & Hiroshi Senou, Senou, 2016 (Hinomaru perchlet)
[Gill, A.C., Tea, Y.-K. & Senou, H. (2016)]
''Plectranthias takasei'', new species of anthiadine fish from southern Japan (Teleostei: Serranidae).
''Zootaxa, 4205 (4): 349–356.''
* ''Plectranthias taylori''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
* ''Plectranthias vexillarius''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
* ''Plectranthias wheeleri''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980 (Spotted perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias whiteheadi''
John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1980
* ''Plectranthias winniensis''
(James Chase Tyler II, J. C. Tyler, 1966) (Red-blotch perchlet)
* ''Plectranthias xanthomaculatus''
Wu Kao-Yi, K. Y. Wu, John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall & Chen Jeng-Ping, J. P. Chen, 2011 [
* ''Plectranthias yamakawai'' Tetsuo Yoshino, Yoshino, 1972
]
References
Plectranthias,
Marine fish genera
Anthiinae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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