Plectranthias pelicieri explained

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 4cm (02inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Daniel Pelicier (1946-2018), an aquarium fish collector and exporter in Flic en Flac, which is a village in Mauritius, who was the one who collected all of the type specimens and provided one of the photographs the authors used in the description.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Randall, J.E. and T. Shimizu, 1994. Plectranthias pelicieri, a new anthiine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Mauritius, with notes on P. gardineri. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 41(2):109-115.
2. Web site: Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE . 30 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.