Plectranthias japonicus

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Plectranthias japonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. japonicus
Binomial name
Plectranthias japonicus
(Steindachner, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Paracirrhites japonicusSteindachner, 1883
  • Isobuna japonica(Steindachner, 1883)
  • Sayonara satsumaeJordan & Seale, 1906
  • Sayonara mitsukuriiSmith & Pope, 1906

Plectranthias japonicus, the Japanese perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae described from Japan. [1] It also occurs in the south-eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines north to Taiwan and Japan, and off of the Northern Territory of Australia. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is from Japan. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston, 1988. The marine fishes of north-western Australia: a field guide for anglers and divers. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 201 p.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias japonicus" in FishBase . February 2015 version.


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