Scientific Name	Plectranthias longimanus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Weber, 1913)	Depth	6 - 73M
Chinese	長臂棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	銀點棘花鮨
Max Length	3 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Banda, Indonesia
Synonyms	Pteranthias longimanus
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 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, J. P. etc. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056337. ASIZP0056513. ASIZP0058514. ASIZP0058587. ASIZP0071170. BPBMI23412. NMMBP03342. NMMSTP00184.
Common Name	Silverspots; Long-finned basslet; Longfin perchlet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with X spines ＆ 6-7 soft rays, the fin divided to the base between spinuous and soft-rayed parts; anal fin with III spines ＆ 6-7 soft rays; gill rakers on first gill arch 1 + 4-7 not counting 3-6 rudiments. Caudal slightly rounded, with 13 branched rays. Maxilla and lower jaw naked. Body depth 2.6-3.1, head length 2.2- 2.3 in stand length; pectoral fin rays 12 or 13; lateral line scales 12-15; sub opercle with 2-7 coarse serrate and inter opercle with 1 to 8 serrate; body pale, with brown cloches furling irregular bars; dark brown spat at rear and of dorsal fin base, an other at base of upper caudal-fin rays, a third at base of last anal-fin rays, ＆ a fourth spat between second ＆ third spate.
habitats	A cryptic, shallow-water species collected with the use of ichthyocides (Ref. 26833). Secretive amongst small boulders or bommies on coastal sand slopes with rich invertebrate and algae growth.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland; Ulithi in Micronesia
Utility	no commercial fisheries.