Plectranthias japonicus

Plectranthias japonicus, the Japanese perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae described from Japan.^[1] It also occurs in the south-eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines north to Taiwan and Japan, and off of the Northern Territory of Australia.^[2]

Plectranthias japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. japonicus
Binomial name
Plectranthias japonicus (Steindachner, 1883)
Synonyms
Paracirrhites japonicus Steindachner, 1883 Isobuna japonica (Steindachner, 1883) Sayonara satsumae Jordan & Seale, 1906 Sayonara mitsukurii Smith & Pope, 1906

Size

This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).^[3]

Etymology

The fish is from Japan.^[2]