Plectranthias flammeus Williams, Delrieu-Trottin, & Planes, 2013

Holotype: USNM 409013, 21mm SL.

Type locality: French Polynesia: Marquesas, Nuku Hiva, Uea, west coast on rock wall dropping to rubble and sand slope, depth 20 to 40 meters. Illustration: Williams, et al., 2013:171 & 172, figs. 2 & 4.

D: X, 14 or15. A: III, 7. P: 14. C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 19 (6 + 13). LL: incomplete, 16 or 17 tubed scales and 9 or 10 pitted scales. CP: 14 to 16.

Distribution: South Pacific: French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands.