Plectranthias elaine is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. [2]
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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. elaine
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| Binomial name | |
| Plectranthias elaine Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 2009
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Size edit
This species reaches a length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[3]
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of Elaine Heemstra, the wife of the senior author, because of her “numerous and valuable contributions to the study of fishes by her beautiful and accurate paintings and drawings and her astute observations of these fascinating creatures”.[4]
References edit
- ^ Carpenter, K.E., Borsa, P., Jiddawi, N., Obota, C., Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias elaine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008646A117008873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008646A117008873.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 2009. A review of the anthiine fish genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species, and a key to the species. Smithiana Bull. 10:3-17.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias elaine" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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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