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Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Plectranthias: Greek, plektron = anyhting to strike with, spur + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 156 - 320 m (Ref. 123579). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory); including Taiwan and southern Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9137)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: segmented dorsal rays 1-16, usually 15; fourth or fifth dorsal spine longest; pectoral rays 15-17, usually 16; lateral line complete, with 30-35 tubed scales; posterior preopercle with 17-40 serrations, continued around corner of bone to posteroventral edge; no antrorse serrations on ventral edge of preopercle; margins of subopercle and interopercle serrate; scales with basal cteni; vertebrae 10+16 (Ref. 123579).
Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits deep trawling grounds to at least 200 m (Ref. 3132).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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