Plectranthias elaine

Plectranthias elaine is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Indian Ocean. [1]

Plectranthias elaine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. elaine
Binomial name
Plectranthias elaine

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the wife of the senior author Elaine Heemstra, because of her “numerous and valuable contributions to the study of fishes by her beautiful and accurate paintings and drawings and her astute observations of these fascinating creatures”.[3]

References

  1. Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 2009. A review of the anthiine fish genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species, and a key to the species. Smithiana Bull. 10:3-17.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias elaine" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  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.


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