Plectranthias randalli

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

Plectranthias randalli, the emperor perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 11.1 cm (4.4 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist John E. Randall (1924-2020), of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, whose revision of the genus was cited by the authors. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias randalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T69588920A69592462. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588920A69592462.en . Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Chen, J.-P. and K.-T. Shao, 2002. Plectranthias sheni, a new species and P. kamii, a new record of anthiine fishes (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 41(1):63-68.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias randalli". 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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