Plectranthias bennetti

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| taxon = Plectranthias bennetti

| authority = G. R. Allen & F. M. Walsh, 2015

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Plectranthias bennetti, or Bennett's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.Allen, G.R. & Walsh, F. (2015): [http://oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf16d.pdf Plectranthias bennetti, a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia.] Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 16: 82–89.

Size

This species reaches a length of {{convert|5.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Plectranthias |species= bennetti| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Timothy Bennett (b. 1960), an Australian diver and a marine aquarium-fish collector, who captured the holotype specimen.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/perciformes4/ | title = Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE | access-date= 30 March 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

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