Plectranthias ryukyuensis Wada, Suzuki, Senou, & Motomura, 2020

Holotype: KPM-NI 50196, 58.4 mm SL.

Type locality: off Hamahiga-jima Island, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, depth 190 meters .

Illustrations: Wada, Suzuki, Senou, & Motomura, 2020, figs. 1–5.

Counts: D: X, 15 or 16. A: III, 7. P: 14. C: 13 or 14 (branched). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 17 to 19 (5 or 6 + 12 or 13). LL: 29 or 30.

Distribution: northwestern Pacific — known only from off the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Japan.