''Plectranthias takasei'', the Hinomaru perchlet, is a species of fish in the family

Serranidae Serranidae is a large family (biology), family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, ...

Description

This species reaches a

standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is ...

of .

Distribution and habitat

The fish is found in Japan.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of

Wataru Takase Wataru is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Wataru can be written using several kanji characters. Here are some examples: *渉, "ford" *渡, "ferry over" *亘, "extend across" *航, "navigate" *和, "harmony" *亙, "extend across ...

, who collected the type specimen and provided underwater photographs of the fish.

References

takasei Taxa named by Anthony C. Gill Taxa named by Yi-Kai Tea Taxa named by Hiroshi Senou {{Serranidae-stub