Biology:Meganthias carpenteri

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Meganthias carpenteri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Meganthias
Species:
M. carpenteri
Binomial name
Meganthias carpenteri
Anderson, 2006

Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish,[2] is a pink and yellow fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter.[3] Meganthias carpenteri is a member of the subfamily Anthiinae which is classified under the family Serranidae which also includes the groupers and the serranine sea basses.[4]

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Meganthias carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T21132559A42691784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132559A42691784.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21132559/42691784. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Anderson, W.D. Jr. (2006). "Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119 (3): 404–417. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[404:MCNSOF2.0.CO;2]. 
  3. Phyllis Brown, ed (2007). "New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter". Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter. Old Dominion University. http://sci.odu.edu/sci/Scire/30edition/faculty/NewFish.html. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Meganthias carpenteri" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

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