Výskyt
Západní Pacifik — severní Tchaj-wan, endemit.
Typová lokalita
Three Northern Islands, northern Taiwan, northwestern Pacific, circa 25.4 - 25.6°N, 121.9 - 122.0°E, depth probably 200 meters or more.
Velikost
15,1 cm SL.
Původní popis
Tang, C.-N., Lai, N.-W. & Ho, H.-C. 2020. Plectranthias purpuralepis sp. nov., a new anthiadine perchlet from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4780 (no. 3): 508-522.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web.