Plectranthias purpuralepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Genus: | Plectranthias |
Species: | P. purpuralepis |
Binomial name | |
Plectranthias purpuralepis | |
Plectranthias purpuralepis, the purple-scaled perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the north-western Pacific Ocean. [1]
This species reaches a length of 15.1 cm (5.9 in). [2]
Pierre Fourmanoir (1924–2007) was a French ichthyologist working mainly in New Caledonia. He described many new species of fish including several sharks.
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