Biology:Plectranthias foresti

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Short description: Species of fish

Plectranthias foresti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. foresti
Binomial name
Plectranthias foresti
Fourmanoir, 1977

Plectranthias foresti is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.3 cm (2.9 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of carcinologist Jacques Forest (1920-2012), who led the MUSORSTOM exploratory cruise (jointly sponsored by the Institut français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération [ORSTOM] and the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris to the Philippines, during which time the type specimen was collected. [3]

References

  1. Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Plectranthias foresti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "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 ☰ Q2678755 entry