flagfin
Plectranthias morgansi (Smith, 1961)
Pelontrus morgansi, the flagfin, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. It is the type species of its genus.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: western Indian Ocean: off Kenya and South Africa.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
materials_examined
Holotype: SAIAB 134, 37 mm SL. Type locality: off Lamu Kenya. Illustrations: Heemstra & Randall, 2009: 12 (fig. 9), 17 (pl. 1 E); Kuiter, 2004: 113, left column middle fig.; Randall, 1980: 159, fig. 21; Smith, 1961: 365, fig. 3. D: X, 13 to 15. A: III, 7 or 8. P: 13 or 14. C: 14 or 15 – branched. V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 4 to 6 + 11 or 12. LL: 28 to 30. CP: 14.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
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In human culture
The fish is named in honor of John Frederick Croil Morgans, a research assistant in the Zoology Department of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, who sent the type specimen to Smith.
== References ==
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2388050.