Plectranthias kamii

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

Plectranthias kamii is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Pacific Ocean. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 23.0 cm (9.1 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Harry T. Kami, of the Division of Fish and Wildlife on Guam, who donated the type specimen to the Bishop Museum in Honolulu and suspected that it might be an undescribed species. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias kamii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T69588731A69592437. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588731A69592437.en . Retrieved 26 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.). "Plectranthias kamii". 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.


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