A medium-sized fish. body oval; dorsal fin continuous; eyes very large; mouth large and oblique, with lower jaw projecting upwards; head and body silvery red or pink; iris of eyes red; fins creamy pink; the last 4-5 soft rays of dorsal and anal fins clearly white. This species resembles P. macracanthus with a long and narrow preopercular spine, but less body depth, a narrower caudal peduncle, and fainter yellowish spots on its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins.
habitats
A deeper water species trawled from relatively open bottoms at depths of 150 to over 400 m.
Distribution
Presently known in Indo-West Pacific from northwestern Australia and western Sumatra to southern Japan; also known from near Mascarene Islands in western Indian Ocean. It is found in northern and northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Starnes, W. C. 1988 
