Plectranthias kelloggi

Plectranthias kelloggi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. kelloggi
Binomial name
Plectranthias kelloggi (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
Synonyms
List Anthias kelloggi Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Pseudanthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Zalanthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Anthias japonicus Döderlein, 1883 Pseudanthias azumanus Jordan & Richardson, 1910 Plectranthias kelloggi azumanus (Jordan & Richardson, 1910) Plectranthias kelloggi melanesius Randall, 1980 Anthias rubromaculatus Borets, 1982 Plectranthias rubromaculatus (Borets, 1982)

Plectranthias kelloggi, also known as eastern flower porgy, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937), one of Jordan's colleagues at Stanford University.[4]

References

1. Williams, J.T., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Plectranthias kelloggi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69588764A69592442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69588764A69592442.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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 kelloggi". 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.