Plectranthias wheeleri, the spotted perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Plectranthias wheeleri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Genus: | Plectranthias |
Species: | P. wheeleri
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Binomial name | |
Plectranthias wheeleri J. E. Randall, 1980
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 8.3 cm (3.3 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Alwyne C. Wheeler (1929-2005), the Curator of Fishes at the British Museum of Natural History. [3]
References
edit- ^ 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias wheeleri". 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.