Plectranthias klausewitzi

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Plectranthias klausewitzi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. klausewitzi
Binomial name
Plectranthias klausewitzi
Zajonz, 2006

Plectranthias klausewitzi is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Wolfgang Klausewitz (1922–2018), because of his contributions to the fish taxonomy and the zoogeography of the Indian Ocean. [3]

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References

  1. Zajonz, U., 2006. Plectranthias klausewitzi n. sp. (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae), a new anthiine fish from the deep waters of the southern Red Sea. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 12(1):19–26.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias klausewitzi" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. 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.