Scientific Name	Plectranthias maekawa			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Wada, Senou & Motomura, 2018	Depth	1 - 170M
Chinese	前川氏棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	前川氏棘花鮨
Max Length	6.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸、紅魚(澎湖)
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Gaja-jima island, Tokara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29°53ʹ04ʺN, 129°37ʹ11ʺE, depth 170 meters
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Reference	Wada, H., H. Senou and H. Motomura (2018) Plectranthias maekawa, a new species of perchlet from the Tokara Islands, Kagoshima, Japan, with a review of Japanese records of P. wheeleri (Serranidae: Anthiadinae). Ichthyological Research v. 66 (2): 269-279.
Specimen List
Common Name	Maekawa's basslet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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