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Plectranthias hinano

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Plectranthias hinano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. hinano
Binomial name
Plectranthias hinano
Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha 2020

Plectranthias hinano, or Hinano's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the North West Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Teurumereariki Hinano Teavai Murphy, a former associate director of the University of California Berkeley Gump Research Station and the president of the cultural association Te Pu Atitia, because of her significant contributions to Polynesian biocultural heritage and field research in Moorea, French Polynesia. [3]

References

  1. ^ Shepherd, Bart; Phelps, Tyler A. Y.; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Rocha, Claudia R.; Rocha, Luiz A. (2020-06-16). "Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific". ZooKeys (941): 145–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.941.50243. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7311480. PMID 32595413.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias hinano". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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.