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Plectranthias maugei

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of accountant-turned-ichthyologist André L. Maugé (1922-2008), of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, who was the one who collected the type specimens and made drawing of holotype.[3]

References

  1. ^ Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Plectranthias maugei" 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.
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Plectranthias maugei: Brief Summary

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Plectranthias maugei is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Indian Ocean.

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