Plectranthias hinano
Plectranthias hinano, or Hinano's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the North West Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Plectranthias hinano | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. hinano |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectranthias hinano | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Teurumereariki Hinano Teavai Murphy, a former associate director of the University of California Berkeley Gump Research Station and the president of the cultural association Te Pu Atitia, because of her significant contributions to Polynesian biocultural heritage and field research in Moorea, French Polynesia. [3]
References
- Shepherd, Bart; Phelps, Tyler A. Y.; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Rocha, Claudia R.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2020-06-16). "Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific". ZooKeys (941): 145–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.941.50243. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7311480. PMID 32595413.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias hinano" 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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