Meganthias carpenteri

Meganthias carpenteri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Meganthias
Species:	M. carpenteri
Binomial name
Meganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006

Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish, ^[2] is a pink and yellow ray-finned fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter. ^[3] It is a member of the family Anthiadidae. ^[4]

References

1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Meganthias carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T21132559A42691784. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132559A42691784.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Anderson, W.D. Jr. (2006). "Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119 (3): 404–417. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[404:MCNSOF]2.0.CO;2.
3. Phyllis Brown, ed. (2007). "New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter". Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter. Old Dominion University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Meganthias carpenteri". FishBase . December 2019 version.