Biology:Plectranthias randalli

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Short description: Species of fish

Plectranthias randalli
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. randalli
Binomial name
Plectranthias randalli
Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1980

Plectranthias randalli, the emperor perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.1 cm (4.4 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist John E. Randall (1924-2020), of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, whose revision of the genus was cited by the authors.[4]

References

  1. Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias randalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69588920A69592462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588920A69592462.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69588920/69592462. Retrieved 24 December 2023. 
  2. Chen, J.-P. and K.-T. Shao, 2002. Plectranthias sheni, a new species and P. kamii, a new record of anthiine fishes (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 41(1):63-68.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Plectranthias randalli" 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 ☰ Q1873110 entry