| Plectranthias whiteheadi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. whiteheadi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectranthias whiteheadi Randall, 1980 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plectranthias chungchowensis S. C. Shen & Lin, 1984 | |
Plectranthias whiteheadi, Whitehead's basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific. Little is known about this relatively small species which maximum length is about 7.8 cm SL.
IUCN has evaluated Plectranthias chungchowensis, but this species, described as endemic to Taiwan, is a junior synonym of P. whiteheadi.
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.7 cm (3.0 in).
Etymology
The fish is namedin honor of ichthyologist Peter J. P. Whitehead (1930-1993), of the British Museum of Natural History.
References
- ^ Roberts, C. (1996). "Plectranthias chungchowensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17604A7182421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17604A7182421.en. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias whiteheadi". FishBase. July 2012 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.
- Randall, J.E., 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with description of 13 new species. Micronesia 16(1):101-187.
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| Plectranthias whiteheadi | |
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