Scientific Name	Plectranthias purpuralepis			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Tang, Lai & Ho, 2020	Depth	1 - 200M
Chinese	紫鱗棘花鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	紫鱗棘花鮨
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花鱸
Distribution in World	Taiwan、North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Three Northern Islands [from Keelung fish market], northern Taiwan, northwestern Pacific, circa 25.4 - 25.6°N, 121.9 - 122.0°E, depth probably 200 meters or more
Synonyms
Reference	Tang, C.-N., N.-W. Lai and H.-C. Ho (2020) Plectranthias purpuralepis sp. nov., a new anthiadine perchlet from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4780 (3): 508-522.
Specimen List
Common Name	Perchlet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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