title: Plectranthias whiteheadi
text: # Plectranthias whiteheadi
  
  Plectranthias whiteheadi, Whitehead's basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific. Little is known about this relatively small species which maximum length is about 7.8 cm SL.
  
  IUCN has evaluated Plectranthias chungchowensis, but this species, described as endemic to Taiwan, is a junior synonym of P. whiteheadi.
  
  ## Size
  
  This species reaches a length of 7.7 cm (3.0 in).
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The fish is namedin honor of ichthyologist Peter J. P. Whitehead (1930-1993), of the British Museum of Natural History.
  
  