Plectranthias kelloggi

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

Plectranthias kelloggi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. kelloggi
Binomial name
Plectranthias kelloggi
Synonyms
  • Anthias kelloggi Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  • Pseudanthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
  • Zalanthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
  • Anthias japonicus Döderlein, 1883
  • Pseudanthias azumanus Jordan & Richardson, 1910
  • Plectranthias kelloggi azumanus (Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
  • Plectranthias kelloggi melanesius Randall, 1980
  • Anthias rubromaculatus Borets, 1982
  • Plectranthias rubromaculatus (Borets, 1982)

Size

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937), one of Jordan's colleagues at Stanford University.[3]

References
  1. Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias kelloggi" 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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