Plectranthias alleni

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Plectranthias alleni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. alleni
Binomial name
Plectranthias alleni

Plectranthias alleni, also known as Allen's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the eastern Indian Ocean. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen (b. 1942), of the Western Australia Museum in Perth, who provided the type specimens to the author knowing that the species was an undescribed one. [4]

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References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2022). "Plectranthias alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T214366359A214366361. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T214366359A214366361.en . Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias alleni". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2023.