Plectranthias fijiensis

Plectranthias fijiensis is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Central Pacific Ocean. [1]

Plectranthias fijiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. fijiensis
Binomial name
Plectranthias fijiensis
U. Raj & Seeto, 1983

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is endemic to Fiji.[3]

References
  1. Randall, J.E., 1996. Two new anthiine fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a key to the species. Micronesica 29(2):113-131.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias fijiensis" 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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