Plectranthias cruentus Gill & Roberts, 2020

Anderson, William D., 2022, Additions and emendations to the annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae), Zootaxa 5195 (6), pp. 567-578 : 570

Plectranthias cruentus Gill & Roberts, 2020

Holotype: AMS I.42725–007, 57.3 mm SL

Type locality: Australia, Lord Howe Island , off Ball’s Pyramid, from 31°49.11′ S, 159°20.74′ E to 31°49.44′ S, 159°20.39′ E, depth 86–89 meters .

Illustrations: Gill & Roberts, 2020, figs. 1 & 2; Hay & Gill, 2020, 3 figs.

Counts: D: X, 16 or 17. A: III, 7 or 8. P: 13. C: 17 (9+8). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 17 to 19 (5 + 12 to 14). LL: 29 or 30. CP: 14.

Distribution: known from off Ball’s Pyramid (southeast of Lord Howe Island) and off Lord Howe Island, possibly occurs off southeast Queensland, Australia.

Plectranthias ferrugineus Gill, Pogonoski, Moore, & Johnson, 2021

Holotype: CSIRO H 8289-02 , 37.6 mm SL.

Type locality: Australia, Western Australia, north of Dampier Archipelago , from 19°26.78′ S, 116°41.51′ E to 19°26.97′ S, 116°41.37′ E, depth 103 to 106 meters .

Illustration: Gill, Pogonoski, Moore, & Johnson, 2021, fig. 17.

Counts: D: X, 14 to 16. A: III, 7. P: 13 or 14. C: 17 (9+8). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 16 to 20 (4 to 7 + 11 to 14). LL: 27 to 30. CP: 14 to 16.

Distribution: known from the North West Shelf off Western Australia eastwards to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory.

Plectranthias grahami Gill, Pogonoski, Moore, & Johnson, 2021

Holotype: AMS I.18855-003, 122.5 mm SL

Type locality: Australia, Tasman Sea, New South Wales, east of Bulli , 34°18′ S, 151°26′ E, depth 457 to 485 meters .

Illustration: Gill, Pogonoski, Moore, & Johnson, 2021, fig. 22.

Counts: D: X, 15. A: III, 7. P: 18. C: 17 (9+8). V: 27 (10 + 17). S: 3. GR: 19 (6 + 13). LL: 41 or 42. CP: 18.

Distribution: known only from the holotype, collected off Bulli, New South Wales, Australia, in 457 to 485 meters.