Plectranthias maugei

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

Plectranthias maugei is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of accountant-turned-ichthyologist André L. Maugé (1922-2008), of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, who was the one who collected the type specimens and made drawing of holotype. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, K.E., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Borsa, P., Jiddawi, N., Obota, C. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias maugei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T117008715A117008888. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008715A117008888.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 maugei". 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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