Plectranthias winniensis
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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. winniensis
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| Plectranthias winniensis (J. C. Tyler, 1966)
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Plectranthias winniensis, also known as the redblotch basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Indo-Pacific. From the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Tuamoto and Pitcairn Islands, and then south to the Great Barrier Reef and the Austral Islands.[2]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in).[3]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named after a place: Winnie's, which the original author described it as a "most pleasant place on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias winniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69588992A69592482. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588992A69592482.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias winniensis". 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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