Scientific Name	Plectranthias wheeleri   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Randall, 1980	Depth	100 - 236M
Chinese	威氏棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	威氏棘花鮨
Max Length	8.28 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Celebes, Indonesia
Synonyms
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	ASIZP0056220. NMMBP03319. NTMP0802. NTMP1140.
Common Name	Wheeler's basslet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with X spines ＆ 16 soft rays, the third spine longest; anal fin with III spines ＆ 7 soft rays. pectoral fin, elongated, with 13 soft rays ; caudal fin truncated. First gill arch with 5-6 gill-rakers on upper limb, 9-10 on lower limb, degenerated with growing. Body deep 2.8-2.9 times in standard length.Body color light or white, body back with many irregular reddish orange blotch, sometimes a little yellowish.
habitats	Inhabit 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, too small for food.