Plectranthias nazcae
Appearance
Plectranthias nazcae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Genus: | Plectranthias |
Species: | P. nazcae
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Binomial name | |
Plectranthias nazcae W. D. Anderson, 2008
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Plectranthias nazcae, the red splodge, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the southern Pacific Ocean.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of the Nazca Ridge.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Anderson, W.D. Jr., 2008. A new species of the perciform fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from the Nazca Ridge in the eastern South Pacific. Proc. Biol. Soc. of Wash. 121(4):429-437.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias nazcae". 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.