Plectranthias fourmanoiri

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

Plectranthias fourmanoiri, the doublespot perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 4.7 cm (1.9 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Pierre Fourmanoir (1924-2007), the FAO Regional Fisheries Officer, in Madagascar, who obtained a specimen of this fish and realized that it was a new species. [4]

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References

  1. Williams, J.T., Carpenter, K.E., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias fourmanoiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T69588014A69592422. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588014A69592422.en . Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias fourmanoiri" in 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.