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Plectranthias morgansi

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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

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

Etymology

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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

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  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.). "Plectranthias morgansi". 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.