Plectranthias wheeleri

Plectranthias wheeleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. wheeleri
Binomial name
Plectranthias wheeleri

Plectranthias wheeleri, the spotted perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.

Size

This species reaches a length of 8.3 cm (3.3 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Alwyne C. Wheeler (1929-2005), the Curator of Fishes at the British Museum of Natural History.

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias wheeleri". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ 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.