Plectranthias foresti

Plectranthias foresti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. foresti
Binomial name
Plectranthias foresti Fourmanoir, 1977

Plectranthias foresti is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 7.3 cm (2.9 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of carcinologist Jacques Forest (1920-2012), who led the MUSORSTOM exploratory cruise (jointly sponsored by the Institut français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération [ORSTOM] and the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris to the Philippines, during which time the type specimen was collected. [3]

References

1. Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias foresti". 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.