Plectranthias bennetti

Plectranthias bennetti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. bennetti
Binomial name
	Plectranthias bennetti; G. R. Allen & F. M. Walsh, 2015

Plectranthias bennetti, or Bennett's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Timothy Bennett (b. 1960), an Australian diver and a marine aquarium-fish collector, who captured the holotype specimen.[3]

References

Allen, G.R. & Walsh, F. (2015): Plectranthias bennetti, a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16: 82–89.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias bennetti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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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[Allen2015-1] Allen, G.R. & Walsh, F. (2015): Plectranthias bennetti, a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16: 82–89.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias bennetti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-3] 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.