en Plectranthias morgansi

Plectranthias morgansi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. morgansi
Binomial name
	Plectranthias morgansi; (J. L. B. Smith, 1961)
Synonyms
	Pelontrus morgansi Smith, 1961;

Plectranthias morgansi, the flagfin, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.^[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Frederick Croil Morgans, a research assistant in the Zoology Department of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, who sent the type specimen to Smith.^[4]

References

^ Obota, C., Borsa, P., Carpenter, K.E., Jiddawi, N., Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias morgansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008727A117008893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008727A117008893.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1986. Serranidae. p. 509-537. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias morgansi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
^ 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.

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[iucn_status_24_December_2023-1] Obota, C., Borsa, P., Carpenter, K.E., Jiddawi, N., Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias morgansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008727A117008893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008727A117008893.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1986. Serranidae. p. 509-537. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias morgansi". FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-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.

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