FB-70045 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70045 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Serranoidei Anthiadidae Plectranthias Plectranthias melanesius Randall, 1980 Bloody perchlet Plectranthias cruentus Gill & Roberts, 2020 2023-05-04 2023-05-05 Gill, A.C. and C.D. Roberts0 Plectranthias cruentus, a new species of anthiadine perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea. Zootaxa 4750(4):560-566. (Ref. 123083) Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson0 Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579) Tang, C.N. and W.J. Chen0 A 40-year taxonomic enigma: multigene phylogeny resolves the polyphyly of Plectranthias (Perciformes: Anthiadidae) and supports a revised taxonomy. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 205(3)[zlaf148]:1-36 (Ref. 138265) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-15 00:00:00 2023-05-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70054 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D X,16-17, fifth or sixth spine longest; pectoral rays 13, at least some middle rays branched, upper 5 or more unbranched; predorsal scales extending forward only up to supratemporal commissure. Colouration distinct with the dorsal and lateral body bright orange, becoming yellow-orange ventrally, crossed by narrow, red-edged pink oblique bars, which extend along base of anal fin, the posterior part of caudal peduncle with broad orange-red bar, caudal fin yellow (Ref. 123579). Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson 2021 Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579) FB-Morphology-70054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-15 00:00:00 2023-05-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70054 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 26 Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson 2021 Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579) FB-Distribution-70054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-15 00:00:00 2023-05-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70054 Southwest Pacific: Australia. Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson 2021 Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579) FB-Uses-70054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-15 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70054 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-15 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70054 5.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123579)) Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson 2021 Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70054 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-05-15 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70054 reef-associated; marine; depth range 77 - 89 m (Ref. 123579) Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson 2021 Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579)