Plectranthias gardineri is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. gardineri
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| Plectranthias gardineri (Regan, 1908)
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946), who led an expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, during which the type specimen was collected.[4]
References
edit- ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Borsa, P., Carpenter, K.E., Jiddawi, N., Obota, C. & Yahya, S. (2018). "Plectranthias gardineri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008661A117008878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008661A117008878.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101–187.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias gardineri". 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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