Plectranthias whiteheadi
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Plectranthias whiteheadi, Whitehead's basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific. Little is known about this relatively small species which maximum length is about 7.8 cm SL.[1]
IUCN has evaluated Plectranthias chungchowensis,[2] but this species, described as endemic to Taiwan, is a junior synonym of P. whiteheadi.[1]
Size
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Etymology
The fish is namedin honor of ichthyologist Peter J. P. Whitehead (1930-1993), of the British Museum of Natural History.[3]
References
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- Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.