Biology:Plectranthias kelloggi

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Short description: Species of fish

Plectranthias kelloggi
Zalanthias kelloggi by OpenCage.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. kelloggi
Binomial name
Plectranthias kelloggi
(D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
Synonyms
List
  • Anthias kelloggi Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  • (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Döderlein, 1883
  • Borets, 1982 Plectranthias rubromaculatus
  • Pseudanthias azumanus (Borets, 1982)
  • Zalanthias kelloggi Jordan & Richardson, 1910
  • Plectranthias kelloggi azumanus Pseudanthias kelloggi
  • (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
  • Plectranthias kelloggi melanesius Anthias japonicus
  • Randall, 1980 Anthias rubromaculatus

Plectranthias kelloggi, also known as eastern flower porgy, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937), one of Jordan's colleagues at Stanford University.[4]

References

  1. Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias kelloggi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69588764A69592442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588764A69592442.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69588764/69592442. Retrieved 24 December 2023. 
  2. Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Plectranthias kelloggi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. "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 ☰ Q2178186 entry