Plectranthias polygonius

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Plectranthias polygonius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. polygonius
Binomial name
Plectranthias polygonius
Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha 2020

Plectranthias polygonius, the polygon perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Pacific Ocean. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in). [2]

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References

  1. Shepherd, Bart; Phelps, Tyler A. Y.; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Rocha, Claudia R.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2020-06-16). "Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific". ZooKeys (941): 145–161. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.941.50243 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   7311480 . PMID   32595413.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias polygonius" in FishBase . February 2015 version.