Pelontrus morgansi
| Pelontrus morgansi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Pelontrus |
| Species: | P. morgansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelontrus morgansi J. L. B. Smith, 1961 | |
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Pelontrus morgansi, the flagfin, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.[2] It is the type species of its genus.
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.
- ↑ Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall (1986). "Serranidae". In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.). Smiths' sea fishes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 509–537.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pelontrus morgansi". 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.