Dwarf Perchlet, Plectranthias nanus Randall 1980
Other Names: Brownband Perchlet, Midget Seaperch
A Dwarf Perchlet, Plectranthias nanus, from Moorea, French Polynesia. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams, Division of Fishes, Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Plectranthias nanus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1717
Dwarf Perchlet, Plectranthias nanus Randall 1980
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Distribution |
Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Queensland; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Indo-west-central Pacific: Red Sea, Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands, Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea (Australia) east to the Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Japan, south to New Caledonia and Tonga. |
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Similar Species |
The similar Longfin Perchlet, Plectranthias longimanus, lacks the narrow dark vertical bar on the caudal-fin base of P. nanus. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
Dwarf Perchlet, Plectranthias nanus Randall 1980
References
Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Moore, G.I. & Johnson, J.W. 2021. Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1): 1-116. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4918.1.1
