Pelontrus bennetti
| Pelontrus bennetti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Pelontrus |
| Species: | P. bennetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelontrus bennetti (G. R. Allen & F. M. Walsh, 2015) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plectranthias bennetti | |
Pelontrus bennetti, or Bennett's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western 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 Timothy Bennett (b. 1960), an Australian diver and a marine aquarium-fish collector, who captured the holotype specimen.[3]
References
- ↑ Allen, G.R.; Walsh, F. (2015). "Plectranthias bennetti, a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 82–89.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pelontrus bennetti". FishBase. July 2026 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.