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Plectranthias yamakawai

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Plectranthias yamakawai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. yamakawai
Binomial name
Plectranthias yamakawai
Yoshino, 1972

Plectranthias yamakawai is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Takeshi Yamakawa (b. 1942), of Kochi University, who was the one who first collected and reported this species.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias yamakawai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69589013A69592487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69589013A69592487.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias yamakawai". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ 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.