Plectranthias fourmanoiri

Plectranthias fourmanoiri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. fourmanoiri
Binomial name
Plectranthias fourmanoiri J. E. Randall, 1980

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

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]

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.
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.). "Plectranthias fourmanoiri". 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.