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Plectranthias morgansi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. morgansi
Binomial name
Plectranthias morgansi
Synonyms
  • Pelontrus morgansi Smith, 1961

Plectranthias morgansi, the flagfin, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Frederick Croil Morgans, a research assistant in the Zoology Department of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, who sent the type specimen to Smith. [4]

References

  1. ^ Obota, C., Borsa, P., Carpenter, K.E., Jiddawi, N., Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias morgansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008727A117008893. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008727A117008893.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  2. ^ Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1986. Serranidae. p. 509-537. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias morgansi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2023.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plectranthias morgansi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. morgansi
Binomial name
Plectranthias morgansi
Synonyms
  • Pelontrus morgansi Smith, 1961

Plectranthias morgansi, the flagfin, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Frederick Croil Morgans, a research assistant in the Zoology Department of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, who sent the type specimen to Smith. [4]

References

  1. ^ Obota, C., Borsa, P., Carpenter, K.E., Jiddawi, N., Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias morgansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008727A117008893. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008727A117008893.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  2. ^ Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1986. Serranidae. p. 509-537. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias morgansi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2023.



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