taxonID	type	description	language	source
A8BA25A041DA5A5F99A64FBFDDF2D8A8.taxon	description	(Figs 1 and 3	en	Cabebe-Barnuevo, Roxanne A., Delloro Jr, Emmanuel S., Penuela, Dianne Frances A., Malay, Maria Celia D., Motomura, Hiroyuki, Babaran, Ricardo P. (2022): New record of anthiadine fish, Plectranthias yamakawai (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (4): 299-307, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112
A8BA25A041DA5A5F99A64FBFDDF2D8A8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. UPVMI- 01360, 168.86 mm SL, Zambales fish market, the Philippines, 1 March 2022, leg. R. P. Babaran.	en	Cabebe-Barnuevo, Roxanne A., Delloro Jr, Emmanuel S., Penuela, Dianne Frances A., Malay, Maria Celia D., Motomura, Hiroyuki, Babaran, Ricardo P. (2022): New record of anthiadine fish, Plectranthias yamakawai (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (4): 299-307, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112
A8BA25A041DA5A5F99A64FBFDDF2D8A8.taxon	description	Morphological diagnosis and description. Single specimen of Plectranthias yamakawai had following combination of characters: dorsal-fin spines X, dorsal-fin soft rays 18, anal-fin spines III, anal-fin soft rays 7, pectoral-fin rays 13, lateral-line scales 31, scales above lateral line 5, scales below lateral line 17, and gill rakers 6 + 10. Body compressed, moderately deep, depth 2.18 in SL; head large (length 2.19 in SL, depth 3.86 in SL), slightly convex dorsally. Mouth large, terminal; maxilla large, expanded easily, exposed when mouth closed; lower jaw significantly extending beyond upper jaw; opercle consisting of three spines (middle spine strongest and longest); preopercle serrated with three antrorse spines on lower margin of left side and two spines on right side; subopercle and interopercle margins not serrated. Teeth on both jaws minute; two enlarged conical teeth on right side and three on left side positioned anterior of upper jaw; single, enlarged, conical tooth positioned in middle area on both sides of lower jaw. Both vomerine and palatine patches consisting of villiform teeth; vomerine tooth patch V-shaped while palatine tooth patches narrow band-shaped. Teeth on tongue absent; base of tongue broad becoming narrow at front end. Scales on body large, ctenoid in shape; head area covered with scales except for snout, lips, maxillary, and ventral area; operculum completely covered with large scales; nape area covered with smaller scales; dorsal-, anal-, and pectoral-fin bases with small scales. Dorsal-fin spines stiff and connected to dorsal-fin soft rays; 4 th dorsal-fin spine longest (26.48 mm vs. 5 th spine 25.08 mm and 3 rd spine 23.68 mm). Anal-fin spines long and rigid; 2 nd anal-fin spine as longest (28.98 mm vs. 1 st spine 14.09 mm and 3 rd spine 27.65 mm). Pectoral-fin rays long, longest fin ray reaching beyond posterior end of anal-fin base, 1 st pectoral-fin ray unbranched; 2 nd- 13 th pectoral-fin rays branched. Pelvic fin inserted anterior to pectoral-fin base; longest pelvic-fin ray not reaching anus. Caudal fin emarginate; 5 th- 7 th upper lobe-fin rays filamentous.	en	Cabebe-Barnuevo, Roxanne A., Delloro Jr, Emmanuel S., Penuela, Dianne Frances A., Malay, Maria Celia D., Motomura, Hiroyuki, Babaran, Ricardo P. (2022): New record of anthiadine fish, Plectranthias yamakawai (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (4): 299-307, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112
A8BA25A041DA5A5F99A64FBFDDF2D8A8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Plectranthias yamakawai is commonly collected from various fishing grounds in Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Yoshino 1972; Motomura and Harazaki 2017; Wada et al. 2020), and reports of it have also come from Taiwan (Chen and Shao 2002), and Samoan Islands (Wass 1984), as well as the western coast of Luzon Philippines (Fig. 2).	en	Cabebe-Barnuevo, Roxanne A., Delloro Jr, Emmanuel S., Penuela, Dianne Frances A., Malay, Maria Celia D., Motomura, Hiroyuki, Babaran, Ricardo P. (2022): New record of anthiadine fish, Plectranthias yamakawai (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Philippines. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (4): 299-307, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.96112
