Scientific Name	Plectranthias whiteheadi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Randall, 1980	Depth	50 - 240M
Chinese	懷特氏棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	懷特棘花鮨
Max Length	7.68 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kai Is, Indonesia
Synonyms	Anthias megalepis, Plectranthias chungchowensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Plectranthias sheni, a new species and P. kamii, a new record of anthiine fishes (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan(Chen & Shao, 2002)  Yoshino, T. 1972 Randall, J. E. 1980 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, J. P. etc. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056182. ASIZP0056199. ASIZP0056227. NTMP0385. NTUM03721. NTUM03724. NTUM04463. RUSI27642.
Common Name	Whitehead's basslet
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) D2 1996-08-01 IUCN Group
Characteristic	Dosal spine base connected with rays base, X, 16, the III longest; anal rays III, 7; pelvic fin abdominal position; pectoral fin elongated, 13; caudal fin truncated closely. Gill rakers 5-6 on upper limb, 9-10 on lower limb, body depth 2.8-2.9 times in standard length. Body color yellowish or white, body back covered with many irrgular reddish orange blotches, sometimes with yellowish ones.
habitats	Inhabits continental shelves, 100 - 236 m, demersal, carnivorous, feed on small fish and crustacean.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Taiwan to Celebes, Indonesia and Western Australia.
Utility	Small basslet, not commercial species.