Plectranthias lasti

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

Plectranthias lasti, the trawl perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Peter R. Last, of the CSIRO Division of Fisheries, who collected the paratype, and recognized it as an undescribed species, and made it available to the authors. [3]

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References

  1. Randall, J.E., 1996. Two new anthiine fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a key to the species. Micronesica 29(2):113-131.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias lasti" 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.