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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Plectranthias: Greek, plektron = anyhting to strike with, spur + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335); flammeus: Name from Latin 'flammeus', meaning fiery; referring to the brilliant red and yellow diagonal streak across the lower cheek and the red-yellow-orange blotches on the body; noun in apposition..

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Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical

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Eastern Central Pacific: Marquesas Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D X,14-15 with dorsal spines 1-6 with fleshy white tabs at tips of spines, longest tab on spine 4; 14 pectoral rays, all unbranched; lateral line incomplete, 16-17 tubed scales; 4 oblique rows of scales on cheek; scales on top of head extending anteriorly to vertical from posterior margin of orbit; maxilla scaleless; preopercle with 8-10 small spines along posterior margin and 2 antrorse spines on ventral margin; interopercle with 2-3 spines; subopercle with 1 spine; fourth dorsal spine longest; a broad, fiery red-orange streak across lower cheek; head and body with irregularly spaced maroon-ringed yellow blotches on a white background; an eye-sized, brilliant white saddle on top of caudal peduncle posterior to base of dorsal fin (Ref. 93435).

A cryptic species (Ref. 93435).

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Williams, J.T., E. Delrieu-Trottin and S. Planes, 2013. Two new species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas. Zootaxa 3647(1):167-180. (Ref. 93435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 March 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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