Biology:Plectranthias elaine
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Short description: Species of fish
| Plectranthias elaine | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. elaine
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| Binomial name | |
| Plectranthias elaine Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 2009
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Plectranthias elaine is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Elaine Heemstra, the wife of the senior author, because of her “numerous and valuable contributions to the study of fishes by her beautiful and accurate paintings and drawings and her astute observations of these fascinating creatures”.[4]
References
- ↑ Carpenter, K.E., Borsa, P., Jiddawi, N., Obota, C., Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias elaine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T117008646A117008873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008646A117008873.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/117008646/117008873. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 2009. A review of the anthiine fish genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species, and a key to the species. Smithiana Bull. 10:3-17.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Plectranthias elaine" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/perciformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5603209 entry
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