Plectranthias

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Anthiinae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species (53): P. ahiahiata – P. alcocki – P. alleni – P. altipinnatus – P. anthioides – P. bauchotae – P. bennetti – P. bilaticlavia – P. cirrhitoides – P. cruentus – P. elaine – P. exsul – P. fijiensis – P. flammeus – P. foresti – P. fourmanoiri – P. gardineri – P. garrupellus – P. helenae – P. hinano – P. inermis – P. intermedius – P. japonicus – P. jothyi – P. kamii – P. kelloggi – P. klausewitzi – P. knappi – P. lasti – P. longimanus – P. maculicauda – P. maugei – P. megalepis – P. megalophthalmus – P. morgansi – P. nanus – P. pallidus – P. parini – P. pelicieri – P. polygonius – P. purpuralepis – P. randalli – P. retrofasciatus – P. robertsi – P. rubrifasciatus – P. sagamiensis – P. sheni – P. takasei – P. taylori – P. vexillarius – P. wheeleri – P. whiteheadi – P. winniensis – P. yamakawai
Name

Plectranthias Bleeker, 1873

Type species: Plectropoma anthioides Günther, 1872
Synonyms

Isobuna Jordan in Jordan & Herre, 1907
Paracirrhites Steindachner in Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883
Pelontrus Smith, 1961
Pteranthias Weber, 1913
Sayonara Jordan & Seale, 1906
Serranops Regan, 1914
Xenanthias Regan, 1908
Zacallanthias Katayama, 1964
Zalanthias (subgenus of Pseudanthias) Jordan & Richardson, 1910

References

Bleeker, P. 1873. Sur les especès indo-archipélagiques d'Odontanthias et de Pseudopriacanthus. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 4: 235–240.
Gill, A.C. & Roberts, C.D. 2020. Plectranthias cruentus, a new species of anthiadine perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea. Zootaxa 4750(4): 560–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.4.6 Paywall Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Heemstra, P.C. 1996. A review of species of the anthiine fish genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Mauritius. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 51(1): 139–146. DOI: 10.1080/00359199609520604
Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 2009. A review of the anthiine fish genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species, and a key to the species. Smithiana Bulletin 10: 3–17.
Katayama, M. & Masuda, H. 1980. Two new anthiine fishes from Sagami Bay, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 27(3): 185–190.
Paulin, C.D. & Roberts, C.D. 1987. A new species of the anthiine fish genus Plectranthias (Percomorpha; Serranidae) from the Kermadec Islands off northern New Zealand. National Museum of New Zealand records 3(2): 13–16.
Randall, J.E. 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with descriptions of 13 new species. Micronesica 16(1): 101–187.
Shepherd, B., Phelps, T.A.Y., Pinheiro, H.T., Rocha, C.R. & Rocha, L.A. 2020. Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific. ZooKeys, 941: 145–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.941.50243 Open access Reference page.

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Plectranthias – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Plectranthias species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Plectranthias japonicus

Plectranthias is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently 57 recognized species in this genus:

Plectranthias ahiahiata Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Perez-Matus & Rocha, 2018 [3]
Plectranthias alcocki Bineesh, Gopalakrishnan & Jena, 2014 (Alcock's perchlet) [4]
Plectranthias alleni J. E. Randall, 1980 (Allen's perchlet)
Plectranthias altipinnatus Katayama & Masuda, 1980
Plectranthias anthioides (Günther, 1872)
Plectranthias bauchotae J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias bennetti G. R. Allen & F. M. Walsh, 2015 (Bennett's perchlet) [5]
Plectranthias bilaticlavia Paulin & C. D. Roberts, 1987
Plectranthias cirrhitoides J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias cruentus A. C. Gill & C. D. Roberts. 2020 [6]
Plectranthias elaine Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 2009
Plectranthias elongatus K. Y. Wu, J. E. Randall & J. P. Chen, 2011 [7]
Plectranthias exsul Heemstra & W. D. Anderson, 1983
Plectranthias fijiensis U. Raj & Seeto, 1983
Plectranthias flammeus J. T. Williams, Delrieu-Trottin & Planes, 2013 (Flame perchlet) [8]
Plectranthias foresti Fourmanoir, 1977
Plectranthias fourmanoiri J. E. Randall, 1980 (Double-spot perchlet)
Plectranthias gardineri (Regan, 1908)
Plectranthias garrupellus C. R. Robins & Starck, 1961 (Apricot perchlet)
Plectranthias helenae J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias hinano Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha 2020 (Hinano Perchlet)[9]
Plectranthias inermis J. E. Randall, 1980 (Checkered perchlet)
Plectranthias intermedius (Kotthaus, 1973)
Plectranthias japonicus (Steindachner, 1883) (Japanese perchlet)
Plectranthias jothyi J. E. Randall, 1996
Plectranthias kamii J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias kelloggi (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
Plectranthias klausewitzi Zajonz, 2006
Plectranthias knappi J. E. Randall, 1996
Plectranthias lasti J. E. Randall & Hoese, 1995 (Trawl perchlet)
Plectranthias longimanus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Long-fin perchlet)
Plectranthias maculicauda (Regan, 1914) (Spot-tail perchlet)
Plectranthias maugei J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias megalepis (Günther, 1880)
Plectranthias megalophthalmus Fourmanoir & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Citron perchlet)
Plectranthias morgansi (J. L. B. Smith, 1961) (Flag-fin perchlet)
Plectranthias nanus J. E. Randall, 1980 (Bown-band perchlet)
Plectranthias nazcae W. D. Anderson, 2008 (Red perchlet)
Plectranthias pallidus J. E. Randall & Hoese, 1995 (Pale perchlet)
Plectranthias parini W. D. Anderson & J. E. Randall, 1991 (Parin's perchlet)
Plectranthias pelicieri J. E. Randall & Shimizu, 1994
Plectranthias polygonius Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha 2020 (Polygon Perchlet)[9]
Plectranthias purpuralepis Tang, Lai & Ho, 2020 [10]
Plectranthias randalli Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1980
Plectranthias retrofasciatus Fourmanoir & J. E. Randall, 1979
Plectranthias robertsi J. E. Randall & Hoese, 1995 (Filamentous perchlet)
Plectranthias rubrifasciatus Fourmanoir & J. E. Randall, 1979
Plectranthias sagamiensis (Katayama, 1964)
Plectranthias sheni J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2002
Plectranthias takasei A. C. Gill, Y. K. Tea & Senou, 2016 (Hinomaru perchlet) [11]
Plectranthias taylori J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias vexillarius J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias wheeleri J. E. Randall, 1980 (Spotted perchlet)
Plectranthias whiteheadi J. E. Randall, 1980
Plectranthias winniensis (J. C. Tyler, 1966) (Red-blotch perchlet)
Plectranthias xanthomaculatus K. Y. Wu, J. E. Randall & J. P. Chen, 2011 [7]
Plectranthias yamakawai Yoshino, 1972

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Plectranthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Serranidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
Shepherd, Bart; Phelps, Tyler; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Pérez-Matus, Alejandro; Rocha, Luiz A. (2018-05-31). "Plectranthiasahiahiata, a new species of perchlet from a mesophotic ecosystem at Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae)". ZooKeys (762): 105–116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.762.24618. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5992244. PMID 30872938.
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.
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.
Anthony C. Gill and Clive D. Roberts. 2020. Plectranthias cruentus, A New Species of Anthiadine Perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea. Zootaxa. 4750(4); 560–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4750.4.6
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.
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.
Shepherd, Bart; Phelps, Tyler A. Y.; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Rocha, Claudia R.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2020-06-16). "Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific". ZooKeys (941): 145–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.941.50243. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7311480. PMID 32595413.
Tang, Chi-Ngai; Lai, Nok-Wai; Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2020-05-26). "Plectranthias purpuralepis sp. nov., a new anthiadine perchlet from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Serranidae)". Zootaxa. 4780 (3): 508–522. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4780.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056513.
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.