Plectranthias winniensis

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Plectranthias winniensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.


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