Plectranthias pelicieri

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

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

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Size

This species reaches a length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Daniel Pelicier (1946-2018), an aquarium fish collector and exporter in Flic en Flac, which is a village in Mauritius, who was the one who collected all of the type specimens and provided one of the photographs the authors used in the description. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Yahya, S., Carpenter, K.E., Borsa, P., Jiddawi, N., Obota, C. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2018). "Plectranthias pelicieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T117008764A117008898. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008764A117008898.en . Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Randall, J.E. and T. Shimizu, 1994. Plectranthias pelicieri, a new anthiine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Mauritius, with notes on P. gardineri. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 41(2):109-115.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias pelicieri". 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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