Plectranthias klausewitzi

Plectranthias klausewitzi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. klausewitzi
Binomial name
	Plectranthias klausewitzi; Zajonz, 2006

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Wolfgang Klausewitz (1922–2018), because of his contributions to the fish taxonomy and the zoogeography of the Indian Ocean.[3]

References

Zajonz, U., 2006. Plectranthias klausewitzi n. sp. (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae), a new anthiine fish from the deep waters of the southern Red Sea. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 12(1):19–26.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias klausewitzi" 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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[1] Zajonz, U., 2006. Plectranthias klausewitzi n. sp. (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae), a new anthiine fish from the deep waters of the southern Red Sea. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 12(1):19–26.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias klausewitzi" 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.