Plectranthias klausewitzi
| Plectranthias klausewitzi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. klausewitzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plectranthias klausewitzi Zajonz, 2006
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Plectranthias klausewitzi is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Wolfgang Klausewitz (1922–2018), because of his contributions to the fish taxonomy and the zoogeography of the Indian Ocean.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Zajonz, U., 2006. Plectranthias klausewitzi n. sp. (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae), a new anthiine fish from the deep waters of the southern Red Sea. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 12(1):19–26.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias klausewitzi". 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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