Plectranthias randalli

Last updated

Plectranthias randalli
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
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]

Contents

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]

Related Research Articles

Plectranthias whiteheadi, Whitehead's basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific. Little is known about this relatively small species which maximum length is about 7.8 cm SL.

Peter Robert Last is an Australian ichthyologist, curator of the Australian National Fish Collection and a senior principal research scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) in Hobart, Tasmania. He is an elasmobranch expert and has described many new species of shark.

John Ernest "Jack" Randall was an American ichthyologist and a leading authority on coral reef fishes. Randall described over 800 species and authored 11 books and over 900 scientific papers and popular articles. He spent most of his career working in Hawaii. He died in April 2020 at the age of 95.

Plectranthias taylori is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Eastern Central Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias maugei is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Indian Ocean.

Plectranthias bauchotae is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Indian Ocean.

Plectranthias fourmanoiri, the doublespot perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias helenae is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias lasti, the trawl perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias robertsi, the filamentous perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias elaine is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.

Plectranthias yamakawai is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias alcocki, or Alcock's deep-reef basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.

Plectranthias fijiensis is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western-central Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias gardineri is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.

<i>Plectranthias kelloggi</i> Species of fish

Plectranthias kelloggi, also known as eastern flower porgy, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.

Plectranthias klausewitzi is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.

Plectranthias morgansi, the flagfin, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.

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

Plectranthias winniensis, also known as the redblotch basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Indo-Pacific. From the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Tuamoto and Pitcairn Islands, and then south to the Great Barrier Reef and the Austral Islands.

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.) (2015). "Plectranthias randalli" in 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.