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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); knappi: Named for Leslie W. Knapp.
Eponymy: Dr Leslie William Knapp (1929–2017) was an ichthyologist at the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Randall.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 90 m (Ref. 26833). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.6 cm SL (female)
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Body color in alcohol uniformly light yellowish brown. Oblique rows of scales on cheek 6; scales extending dorsally on head to nostrils; maxilla and ventral part of head naked. Scales moderately ctenoid. Posterior , margin of preopercle serrate, the ventral margin with 2 antrorse spines; a few serrae on subopercle and interopercle. Eye large, 3.35 in head. Third dorsal spine longest, 2.15 in head (Ref. 26833).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E., 1996. Two new anthiine fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a key to the species. Micronesica 29(2):113-131. (Ref. 26833)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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