Plectranthias randalli

Plectranthias randalli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. randalli
Binomial name
	Plectranthias randalli; Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1980

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.1 cm (4.4 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist John E. Randall (1924-2020), of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, whose revision of the genus was cited by the authors.[3]

References

Chen, J.-P. and K.-T. Shao, 2002. Plectranthias sheni, a new species and P. kamii, a new record of anthiine fishes (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 41(1):63-68.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias randalli" 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] Chen, J.-P. and K.-T. Shao, 2002. Plectranthias sheni, a new species and P. kamii, a new record of anthiine fishes (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 41(1):63-68.

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