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Plectranthias bennetti

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Plectranthias bennetti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. bennetti
Binomial name
Plectranthias bennetti

Plectranthias bennetti, or Bennett's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Timothy Bennett (b. 1960), an Australian diver and a marine aquarium-fish collector, who captured the holotype specimen.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Allen, G.R. & Walsh, F. (2015): Plectranthias bennetti, a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16: 82–89.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias bennetti". 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.