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Meganthias carpenteri

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Meganthias carpenteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Meganthias
Species:
M. carpenteri
Binomial name
Meganthias carpenteri
Anderson, 2006

Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish,[2] is a pink and yellow fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter.[3] Meganthias carpenteri is a member of the subfamily Anthiinae which is classified under the family Serranidae which also includes the groupers and the serranine sea basses.[4]

References

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Meganthias carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21132559A42691784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132559A42691784.en. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ Anderson, W.D. Jr. (2006). "Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119 (3): 404–417.
  3. ^ Phyllis Brown, ed. (2007). "New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter". Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter. Old Dominion University.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Meganthias carpenteri". FishBase. December 2019 version.