Plectranthias wheeleri
Plectranthias wheeleri, Spotted perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Plectranthias wheeleri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. wheeleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectranthias wheeleri J. E. Randall, 1980 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 8.3 cm (3.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Alwyne C. Wheeler (1929-2005), the Curator of Fishes at the British Museum of Natural History. [3]
References
- Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias wheeleri" 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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