Biology:Plectranthias maugei
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Short description: Species of fish
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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. maugei
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| Plectranthias maugei J. E. Randall, 1980
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Plectranthias maugei is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of accountant-turned-ichthyologist André L. Maugé (1922-2008), of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, who was the one who collected the type specimens and made drawing of holotype.[4]
References
- ↑ Carpenter, K.E., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Borsa, P., Jiddawi, N., Obota, C. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias maugei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T117008715A117008888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008715A117008888.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/117008715/117008888. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ↑ 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Plectranthias maugei" 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 ☰ Q2198329 entry
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