Plectranthias klausewitzi

Species of fish

Plectranthias klausewitzi

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Perciformes
Family:  | Serranidae
Genus:  | Plectranthias
Species:  |

P. klausewitzi

Binomial name
Plectranthias klausewitzi

Zajonz, 2006

Plectranthias klausewitzi is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.[1]

## Size[edit]

This species reaches a length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[2]

## Etymology[edit]

The fish is named in honor of Wolfgang Klausewitz (1922–2018), because of his contributions to the fish taxonomy and the zoogeography of the Indian Ocean.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Zajonz, U., 2006. Plectranthias klausewitzi n. sp. (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae), a new anthiine fish from the deep waters of the southern Red Sea. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 12(1):19–26.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias klausewitzi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
3. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2046745
* CoL: 4K3YX
* FishBase: 63096
* GBIF: 2388005
* iNaturalist: 620653
* IRMNG: 11379583
* OBIS: 279012
* WoRMS: 279012

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