Plectranthias winniensis

Plectranthias winniensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. winniensis
Binomial name
Plectranthias winniensis (J. C. Tyler, 1966)
Synonyms
Pteranthias winniensisTyler, 1966

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. ^{[2] [3]}

The fish reaches a length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in). ^[4]

Etymology

The fish is named after a place called, Winnie's, which the original author described it as a "most pleasant place on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles". ^[5]

References

1. Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias winniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T69588992A69592482. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588992A69592482.en . Retrieved 24 December 2023.
2. Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
3. Randall, John E.; Allen, Gerald Robert; Steene, Roger C. (1 March 1998). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Revised and Expanded Edition. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   978-0-8248-1895-1.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias winniensis". FishBase . February 2015 version.
5. 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.