plectranthiasryukyuensisis a new species of our favorite group of basslets which as the name describes, come from the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan. The new Ryukyu basslet is closely related to the similar lookingplectranthiassagamiensiswhich is occasionally enjoyed by rare fish aquarists in Japan.
Unlike the Sagami basslet however, the Ryukyu basslet has a much more restricted distribution that we know of, consisting only of the Ryukyu Islands whereas the Sagami basslet is known from most of Japan, the Philippines and Southern Indonesia. Like so many of theplectranthias, especially the newly discovered species, the depth range for the newP. ryukyuensis娱乐性水肺水肺很容易到达，在120至270米的深处或393至885英尺之间拖网！
plectranthiasryukyuensisis not the most colorful species in the genus, having a mostly pale white ventral area that is colored with orange to brown blotches on the upper part of the body, trending towards more yellow near the face and pectoral fin. The description ofplectranthiasryukyuensisbrings the number of Japanese species to nine, and a global total of 54plectranthias, but there are surely many more waiting to be discovered in the mesophotic reef around the world. [Ichthyological Research]
