Scientific Name	Plectranthias nanus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Randall, 1980	Depth	3 - 60M
Chinese	短棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	短棘花鮨
Max Length	4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Hawaiian Is.
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 Randall, J. E. 1980 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, J. P. etc. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056213. ASIZP0057505. ASIZP0063374. ASIZP0074998. NMMBP03142. NMMBP03173. NMMBP03341. NMMBP08578. NMMSTP00932. NTOUP201207-617.
Common Name	Pigmy basslet; Bownband perchlet; Dwarf perchlet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal spines connect with soft rays X, 13-15, V-VII longest; anal rays: III, 6-8. Pectoral fin elongated, 13-15, middle ones loger than others, SL to 40 mm. Caudal fin truncated or rounded. Body white, lateral irregular brownish stripes; dorsal and anal fin posterior edge with a black dot, caudal peduncle upper and lower also with a black dot. Closely resembles P. longimanus but has more pectoral fin rays and pored lateral line scales
habitats	A secretive species that inhabits coral or rubble habitats of deep channels and exposed reefs, demersal, carnivorous, feed on small fish and crustacean.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands to Hawaii, Line, and Pitcairn islands; including Micronesia, including the Red Sea. South Taiwan and Greed Island (Lyu-Dao)
Utility	Small perchlet, not commercial species, too small for food.