Scientific Name	Plectranthias sheni   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Chen & Shao, 2002	Depth	- M
Chinese	沈氏棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	沈氏棘花鱸
Max Length	11.5cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸
Distribution in World	Taiwan [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Taiwan
Synonyms	Plectranthias anthioides, Plectranthias kamii
Reference	Plectranthias sheni, a new species and P. kamii, a new record of anthiine fishes (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan(Chen & Shao, 2002)  Yoshino, T. 1972 Chen, J. P. etc. 2002
Specimen List	NMMBP02451. NMMBP03236.
Common Name	Shen's basslet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal spines: X; Dorsal soft rays: 17-18; anal spines: III; anal soft rays: 7. Body have 2 series of dark blotches with all blotches in the first series not extending below the lateral line. Body moderately deep, depth 2.3-2.8 in SL. Third dorsal spine longest 5.4-6.3 in SL; uppermost of pectoral fin rays unbranched. Oblique rows of scales on cheek 5; scales dorsally on head extending anterior to posterior nostril. Posterior margin of preopercle serrate, ventral margin with 2 antrorse spines; subopercle and interopercle smooth. Undeveloped gill rakers 7-9. Caudal fin slightly emarginate with some prolonged filaments.
habitats	Inhabit deeper rocky reef habitats, demersal, carnivorous, feed on small fish and crustacean.
Distribution	Southwestern Taiwan
Utility	small basslet, not commercial species, too small for food.