Plectranthias knappi

Plectranthias knappi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. knappi
Binomial name
Plectranthias knappi J. E. Randall, 1996

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Smithsonian ichthyologist Leslie W. Knapp (1929-2017), who was the one who collected the type specimen and recognized it as probably representing an undescribed species. [4]

References

1. Carpenter, K.E. & Williams, J.T. (2019). "Plectranthias knappi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T114178923A154237073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T114178923A154237073.en. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
2. Randall, J.E., 1996. Two new anthiine fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a key to the species. Micronesica 29(2):113-131.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias knappi". 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.