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Common Name: Flame Perchlet (
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)
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sp. Bacchet
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B00FFBDFE4C4F35FE53FEEA" box="[416,468,295,317]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">et al.</emphasis>
(2006: 185), Marquesas.
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USNM 409013;
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SL;
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, Marquesas, Nuku
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, Uea, west coast, on rock wall dropping to rubble and sand slope; field number MARQ-2011-02; tissue voucher number MARQ-013; decimal latitude -8.9284, decimal longitude -140.2254; depth
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; collected with rotenone and hand nets; collectors S. Planes, P. Sasal &amp; J. Mourier;
<date id="CE6E0F847B00FFBDFE064FC8FDF9FE3A" box="[490,638,469,493]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170" value="2011-10-26">26 Oct. 2011</date>
; vessel “Braveheart.”
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.
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Collected with
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SL, tissue voucher number MARQ-014; USNM 409019, 12 mm SL, tissue voucher number MARQ-019. USNM 409425;
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SL;
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, Marquesas, Fatu
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, Mahitoa point, on southwest side of island, on outer rock wall sloping to flat rubble shelf at about
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with spear fishing on the shallower part of wall; field number MARQ-
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; tissue voucher number MARQ-425; decimal latitude -10.5346, decimal longitude -138.6824; depth
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; vessel “Braveheart.”
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B00FFBDFF2B4CE8FEC6FCD9" bold="true" box="[199,321,757,782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Dorsal rays X, 1415; dorsal spines 16 with fleshy white tabs at tips of spines, longest tab on spine 4; pectoral rays 14, all unbranched; LL incomplete with 1617 tubed scales; oblique rows of scales on cheek 4; scales on top of head extending anteriorly to vertical from posterior margin of orbit; no scales on maxilla; preopercle with 810 small spines along posterior margin and 2 antrorse spines on ventral margin; interopercle with 23 spines; subopercle with 1 spine; fourth dorsal spine longest; broad, fiery red-orange streak across lower cheek; head and body with irregularly spaced maroon-ringed yellow blotches on a white background; eye-sized, brilliant white saddle on top of caudal peduncle posterior to base of dorsal fin.
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Dorsal rays X, 14 (1415); dorsal spines 16 with fleshy white tabs extending beyond tips of spines, longest tab on spine 4; anal rays III, 7, second spine longest and stoutest; pectoral rays 14, all unbranched, middle rays longest and reaching to about base of third anal spine; pelvic fin I, 5; caudal fin with 4 dorsal and 4 ventral procurrent rays, 2 dorsal and 2 ventral unbranched rays, 7 + 6 branched rays; LL incomplete with 17 (16) tubed scales, pitted scales 10 (9); vertical scale rows 28; scales above LL to origin of dorsal fin 2; scales above LL to base of middle dorsal spine 1; scales below LL to origin of anal fin 10; diagonal rows of scales on cheek 4; scales on top of head extending anteriorly to vertical from posterior margin of orbit where single row of mid-dorsal scales continues anteriorly almost to mid-point between eyes and a single row of small scales continues laterally along posterior border of each eye to top of eyes, forming small pair of rounded scaleless areas on top of head between orbits; circumpeduncular scales 14 (16); no scales on chin, maxilla or snout; gill rakers 6 + 13 (
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with 1 + 6 to 1 + 9 developed rakers); pseudobranchial filaments 9; vertebrae 10 + 16 = 26; supraneurals 2; supraneural-dorsal ray-pterygiophore-neural spine interdigitation pattern 0/0/2/1+1/1/1/1/1/1/ 2/1/1+1/1+1/1/1+1/1/1+1/1+1/ (one
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with 0/0/2/1+1/1/1/1/1/1/2/1/1+1/1+1/1/1+1/1/1+1/1+1/1).
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Diminutive species
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SL (
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); body depth 2.7 (2.72.9) in SL; head length 2.2 (2.12.5) in SL; snout length 4.9 (3.94.8) in HL; orbit diameter 3.7 (3.44.2) in HL; bony interorbital width 9.8 (7.99.8) in HL, upper jaw length 2.3 (2.02.4) in HL; caudal peduncle length 2.4 (2.13.1) in HL; caudal peduncle least depth 2.9 (2.83.7) in HL; snout to D origin length 2.4 (2.12.5) in SL; snout to A origin length
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SL; snout to pelvic origin length 1.1 (1.01.2) in HL; length of longest (4th) D spine 2.5 (1.92.9) in HL; length of longest A spine 1.6 (1.01.8) in HL; pectoral-fin length 1.1 (1.11.7) in HL; pelvic-spine length 2.8 (2.32.9) in HL; longest pelvic-ray length 1.6 (1.01.8) in HL.
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<paragraph id="BA6F29447B00FFBAFF2B48D9FDBDFF03" blockId="3.[151,1437,361,2008]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,212]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="171" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Mouth large, slightly oblique, posterior margin of maxilla reaching almost to a vertical at posterior edge of eye; maxilla expanded posteriorly, with long, low, lateral ridge running parallel to dorsal margin; mouth terminal (lower jaw may protrude slightly); upper jaw with one fixed, short stout outer canine on either side of symphysis flanked internally by villiform band with 46 rows of depressible, smaller, sharp-tipped teeth, with inner rows becoming progressively longer, innermost row with largest teeth; lower jaw with outer row of fixed, short stout canines at symphysis followed by smaller, depressible, sharp-tipped conical teeth in a villiform band of about 34 rows, teeth becoming progressively longer on inner rows, teeth of inner row about 3 times longer than teeth of middle rows, villiform band narrows to 1 row toward sides; vomer with roughly V-shaped band of 35 rows of sharp-tipped conical teeth, largest teeth in innermost row; palatines with 24 rows of small, sharp-tipped conical teeth; tongue small, narrow, pointed, without teeth.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B07FFBAFF7B4D8FFE95FC7F" bold="true" box="[151,274,914,937]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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, holotype, USNM 409013, 21 mm SL, freshly collected at Nuku
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, Marquesas, French Polynesia, photographed by J.T. Williams.
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<paragraph id="BA6F29447B07FFBAFF2B4DF3FBB6FBA6" blockId="4.[151,1436,1006,2033]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Opercle with 3 prominent flat spines, middle spine slightly longer; preopercle with 11 (811) small spines along posterior margin and 2 antrorse spines on ventral margin; interopercle with 2 left3 right (13 on each side) spines; subopercle with 1 spine. Anterior nostrils positioned at middle of snout, each with small rounded flap rising from anterior rim; posterior nostril an elliptical opening at anterior border of orbit.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B07FFBAFF2B4A61FCB4FB0B" blockId="4.[151,1436,1006,2033]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Scales ctenoid; lateral line broadly arched over pectoral fin following body contour, tubed portion ending beneath middle of soft dorsal, pitted scales on posterior third of body extend midlaterally to caudal-fin base; fins have at most some small scales scattered along base of fins.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B07FFBAFF2B4AFAFB9BFABC" blockId="4.[151,1436,1006,2033]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Dorsal spines 16 with fleshy white tabs, fourth dorsal spine longest and bearing longest fleshy white tab extending beyond tip; dorsal fin deeply incised before first segmented-fin rays; anal fin rounded with segmented ray 56 longest; caudal fin truncate to slightly rounded; pectoral fin lanceolate with middle rays longest and reaching vertical from anal-fin element 35; pelvic fins short, not reaching anus.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B07FFBAFF2B4B6AFDAFF826" blockId="4.[151,1436,1006,2033]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
Color in life (based on photos of the freshly collected
<typeStatus id="656B97E67B07FFBAFCCB4B65FCE5FA47" box="[807,866,1400,1424]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">types</typeStatus>
and the underwater photo published by Bacchet
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B07FFBAFA644B65FF33FA64" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">et al.</emphasis>
2006). Head and body with numerous variously sized yellow blotches outlined with red or maroon border (red areas mixed with scattered melanophores); snout and lips with white mid-line stripe flanked on each side by a sequence of narrow red, yellow, then red stripes extending from eye across lips; remainder of chin, lower lip, chest and belly white; broad, brilliant red and orange streak extending from upper lip along dorsal half of maxilla and across cheek to angle of preopercle; top of head with scales broadly outlined with reddish maroon and small yellow blotches, pair of small, brilliant white spots on either side of head at middle of nape; red, orange and yellow zigzagging stripe from posteroventral border of eye across middle of cheek, gill cover, pectoral-fin base and terminating in pupil-sized red blotch on bases of middle pectoral-fin rays; pelvic fins white with small red spot at base; pale yellow blotch basally on dorsal spines 15 and extending onto body over 12 scale rows, smaller pale yellow blotch at base of spines 68, third pale blotch basally on dorsal spines 910 and first segmented ray; Spinous dorsal with small red-orange-yellow spots on middle of first two spines, at base of 5th and 8th spines and a few smaller spots scattered across middle of fin, white fleshy tabs on tips spines 16; second dorsal translucent with faint band of orange across basal quarter of fin; brilliant white saddle on caudal peduncle posterior to dorsal fin; caudal fin translucent with pair of pupil-sized red and black spots positioned basally on caudal rays just dorsal and ventral to midline of caudal fin; anal fin red blotch at base of spines 13, yellow-orange spots basally on segmented rays 12 and another on rays 57; pectoral fin translucent with rays outlined in red; iris of eye with alternating red and yellow blotches.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BA6F29447B06FFBBFF7B4D09FDD3FC9E" blockId="5.[151,1436,788,842]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFF7B4D09FE93FCFD" bold="true" box="[151,276,788,811]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFEF04D08FE7FFCFC" box="[284,504,789,811]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inermis">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFEF04D08FE7FFCFC" box="[284,504,789,811]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Plectranthias inermis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, USNM 391341, about 30 mm SL, freshly collected from 2730 m depth at Verde Island, Philippines, photographed by J.T. Williams.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="BA6F29447B06FFBBFF7B4BFBFF7DF9ED" blockId="5.[151,1436,1510,1594]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFF7B4BFBFE93FA2B" bold="true" box="[151,276,1510,1533]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFEF74BFAFD8BFA2A" box="[283,524,1511,1533]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flammeus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFEF74BFAFD8BFA2A" box="[283,524,1511,1533]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Plectranthias flammeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, USNM 409025, 24 mm SL, freshly collected at Fatu
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFB484BFAFB52FA2A" box="[1188,1237,1511,1533]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Pseudanthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="177" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hiva">Hiva</taxonomicName>
Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, exhibiting the white saddle on the peduncle and small spots at base of caudal fin, photographed by J.T. Williams.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B06FFBBFF2B487AFF4AF975" blockId="5.[151,1436,1639,2023]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Color in alcohol similar to pattern in life with red areas marked by scattered melanophores and yellow areas pale.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F2CA7ACF7B06FFBBFF2B48B2FEEEF8E5" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B06FFBBFF2B48B2FEEEF8E5" blockId="5.[151,1436,1639,2023]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFF2B48B2FEC9F910" bold="true" box="[199,334,1711,1735]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFDDA48B2FD26F910" box="[566,673,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">flammeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is from the Latin
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFC8548B2FC53F910" box="[873,980,1711,1735]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flammeus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFC8548B2FC53F910" box="[873,980,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">flammeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, meaning fiery, and refers to the brilliant red and yellow diagonal streak across the lower cheek and the red-yellow-orange blotches on the body. The name is treated as a noun in apposition. The common name, Flame Perchlet, refers to the distinctive flame-like markings on the head and body.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F2CA7ACF7B06FFB9FF2B4922FC41FE7A" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="174" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B06FFB8FF2B4922FBF2FEE8" blockId="5.[151,1436,1639,2023]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1436,151,319]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="173" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFF2B4922FEBCF880" bold="true" box="[199,315,1855,1879]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFEA94922FDD5F880" box="[325,594,1855,1879]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flammeus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFEA94922FDD5F880" box="[325,594,1855,1879]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Plectranthias flammeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from other members of the genus except
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFAEE495DFAF6F880" box="[1282,1393,1856,1879]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. i n e r m i s</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFA6B495DFE2FF8AD" authority="Regan, 1908" authorityName="Regan" authorityYear="1908" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gardineri">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFA6B495DFE87F8AC" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. gardineri</emphasis>
(Regan, 1908)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFE584979FD95F8AC" box="[436,530,1892,1915]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFE584979FD95F8AC" box="[436,530,1892,1915]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFDCC4979FCE3F8AD" authority="Weber, 1913" authorityName="Weber" authorityYear="1913" box="[544,868,1890,1915]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longimanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFDCC4979FD39F8AC" box="[544,702,1891,1915]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. longimanus</emphasis>
(Weber, 1913)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFC764979FBACF8AC" box="[922,1067,1892,1915]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="winniensis">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFC764979FBACF8AC" box="[922,1067,1892,1915]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. winniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by having unbranched pectoralfin rays and an incomplete LL with fewer than 25 tubed scales. It differs from
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFBFE4995FBF9F848" box="[1042,1150,1928,1951]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. i n e r m i s</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B06FFBBFB7E499AFB52F848" box="[1170,1237,1927,1951]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,788,811]" captionTargetBox="[184,1378,197,707]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,159,768]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Plectranthias inermis, USNM 391341, about 30 mm SL, freshly collected from 27 30 m depth at Verde Island, Philippines, photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219046/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
) and
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFAFB4995FA1FF848" box="[1303,1432,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. g a rd i n e r i</emphasis>
(Randall &amp; Shimizu 1994) in color and in having two antrorse spines on the lower margin of the preopercle (
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFAB849B1FA1CF814" box="[1364,1435,1964,1987]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">versus</emphasis>
none or one, respectively). The color pattern (
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B06FFBBFD7349D2FD64F830" box="[671,739,1999,2023]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1510,1533]" captionTargetBox="[186,1334,905,1468]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,876,1505]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Plectranthias flammeus, paratype, USNM 409025, 24 mm SL, freshly collected at Fatu Hiva Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, exhibiting the white saddle on the peduncle and small spots at base of caudal fin, photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219047/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
) of
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B06FFBBFCFF49CDFC1DF830" box="[787,922,1999,2023]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flammeus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B06FFBBFCFF49CDFC1DF830" box="[787,922,1999,2023]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">P. flammeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
readily distinguishes it from the barred color patterns of
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FEF84E84FE35FF67" box="[276,434,152,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longimanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FEF84E84FE35FF67" box="[276,434,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. longimanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B05FFB8FE2D4E8AFD85FF78" box="[449,514,151,175]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,932,955]" captionTargetBox="[178,1388,424,887]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,367,917]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Plectranthias longimanus, 14 mm SL, freshly collected from 25 37 m depth about 20 miles west of Busuanga Island, Palawan Province, Philippines (field number BUS 03 - 39), photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219048/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FDAD4E84FD18FF67" box="[577,671,153,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FDAD4E84FD18FF67" box="[577,671,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B05FFB8FD424E8AFD76FF78" box="[686,753,151,175]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1523,1546]" captionTargetBox="[178,1411,1066,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,1038,1505]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 6. Plectranthias nanus, USNM 409250, 27 mm SL, freshly collected from 15 - 30 m depth at Motu One Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219049/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
) as well as the generally uniform yellow and pinkish body of
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FF7B4EA0FEA8FF03" box="[151,303,189,212]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="winniensis">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FF7B4EA0FEA8FF03" box="[151,303,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. winniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B05FFB8FEA94EA1FE17FF03" box="[325,400,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="7.[151,250,919,942]" captionTargetBox="[176,1397,501,882]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,481,910]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 7. Plectranthias winniensis, USNM 400675, 16 mm SL, freshly collected from 25 31 m depth at Gambier Archipelago, French Polynesia, photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219050/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Its pectoral-fin ray count of 14 overlaps with
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FC304EA0FBC6FF03" box="[988,1089,189,212]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FC304EA0FBC6FF03" box="[988,1089,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1416), but differs from
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FA6B4EA0FE9DFF2F" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longimanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FA6B4EA0FE9DFF2F" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. longimanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1213) and
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FE5E4EFCFDC3FF2F" box="[434,580,225,248]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="winniensis">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FE5E4EFCFDC3FF2F" box="[434,580,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. winniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1618).
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FD584EFDFC39FF2F" box="[692,958,224,248]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flammeus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FD584EFDFC39FF2F" box="[692,958,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Plectranthias flammeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a pair of small dark oblong spots (red with black centers in life;
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B05FFB8FE2F4F19FD80FECB" box="[451,519,260,284]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1510,1533]" captionTargetBox="[186,1334,905,1468]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,876,1505]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Plectranthias flammeus, paratype, USNM 409025, 24 mm SL, freshly collected at Fatu Hiva Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, exhibiting the white saddle on the peduncle and small spots at base of caudal fin, photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219047/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
) on the bases of the middle rays of the caudal fin, whereas
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FB5B4F18FA90FECB" box="[1207,1303,261,284]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FB5B4F18FA90FECB" box="[1207,1303,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a dark, narrow vertical bar (red and black in life;
<figureCitation id="22EB35C17B05FFB8FD874F3AFD2AFEE8" box="[619,685,295,319]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1523,1546]" captionTargetBox="[178,1411,1066,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,1038,1505]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 6. Plectranthias nanus, USNM 409250, 27 mm SL, freshly collected from 15 - 30 m depth at Motu One Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, photographed by J. T. Williams." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219049/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
) separated from the body by a pale area.
</paragraph>
<caption id="EEAF79CC7B05FFB8FF7B4DB9FBF3FC0F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219048/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" targetBox="[178,1388,424,887]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B05FFB8FF7B4DB9FBF3FC0F" blockId="6.[151,1436,932,985]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FF7B4DB9FE92FC6D" bold="true" box="[151,277,932,955]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FEF14DB9FDA3FC6D" box="[285,548,932,954]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longimanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FEF14DB9FDA3FC6D" box="[285,548,932,954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Plectranthias longimanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 14 mm SL, freshly collected from 2537 m depth about 20 miles west of Busuanga Island, Palawan Province, Philippines (field number BUS 03-39), photographed by J.T. Williams.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="EEAF79CC7B05FFB8FF7B4BEEFC8BF9FF" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/219049/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" targetBox="[178,1411,1066,1472]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B05FFB8FF7B4BEEFC8BF9FF" blockId="6.[151,1436,1523,1576]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FF7B4BEEFE91F9DF" bold="true" box="[151,278,1523,1546]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD052C77B05FFB8FECC4BEEFE68F9DE" box="[288,495,1523,1545]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Serranidae" genus="Plectranthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="173" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FECC4BEEFE68F9DE" box="[288,495,1523,1545]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Plectranthias nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, USNM 409250, 27 mm SL, freshly collected from 15-30 m depth at Motu One Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia, photographed by J.T. Williams.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B05FFB8FF2B484FFE3EF965" blockId="6.[151,1436,1618,1966]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FF2B484FFE56F9BD" box="[199,465,1618,1642]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Plectranthias flammeus</emphasis>
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is known only from the Marquesas Islands, where it has been found at the islands of Nuku
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and Fatu
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. It likely occurs throughout the Marquesas Islands, but its secretive nature and small size make it difficult to locate.
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<paragraph id="BA6F29447B05FFB8FF2B48A3FBFBF8C9" blockId="6.[151,1436,1618,1966]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">
Genetic information and/or tissue samples are scarce for members of the genus
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FB6F48A3FA9DF901" box="[1155,1306,1726,1750]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Plectranthias</emphasis>
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, with COI sequences available for only five species of the genus (
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). Results from our molecular analysis reveal a wellsupported genetic divergence between the
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FD9F491AFD7EF8C9" box="[627,761,1798,1822]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">P. flammeus</emphasis>
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lineage and its congeners (
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).
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<paragraph id="BA6F29447B05FFB8FF2B4937FCF2F879" blockId="6.[151,1436,1618,1966]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">
Phil Heemstra (pers. comm. 2013) informs us that the
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B05FFB8FCC94937FBBEF895" box="[805,1081,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Plectranthias winniensis</emphasis>
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from the
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locality (Western Indian Ocean) have a color pattern character distinct from our
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specimen. Although it is probable that the
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population represents an undescribed species, we retain the current name for our central Pacific form until further study of the complex can be completed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA6F29447B04FFB9FF2B4E85FC41FE7A" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="174">
In Randalls original description of
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B04FFB9FDB84E85FCB2FF67" box="[596,821,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="174">Plectranthias nanus</emphasis>
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, he noted that his single specimen of
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B04FFB9FB344E84FAB1FF67" box="[1240,1334,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="174">P. nanus</emphasis>
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from the Marquesas has only 16 lateral-line scales, while specimens from other localities have 1822. The specimen (
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) we collected in the Marquesas has 17 lateral-line scales. The COI sequences for
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B04FFB9FBBC4EFCFB37FF2F" box="[1104,1200,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="174">P. nanus</emphasis>
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from the Marquesas and other localities (Gambier Archipelago and Moorea,
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) group together in a single lineage (
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). In the absence of any other distinguishing characters, we expand the range for the number of tubed lateral-line scales to 1622 for
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B04FFB9FE9A4F50FE52FEB3" box="[374,469,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="174">P. nanus</emphasis>
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and interpret this character as being highly variable for the species. We note that this level of variation (seven rays) is highly unusual for a species of
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<emphasis id="88A4F5567B04FFB9FC894F6DFC7BFE5F" box="[869,1020,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="174">Plectranthias</emphasis>
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. Most species have a strongly modal pectoral-fin ray count with a range of variation of only two or three rays.
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