Plectranthias hinano

Plectranthias hinano, or Hinano's perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the north-western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Plectranthias hinano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. hinano
Binomial name
Plectranthias hinano Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha, 2020

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Teurumereariki Hinano Teavai Murphy, a former associate director of the University of California Berkeley Gump Research Station and the president of the cultural association Te Pu Atitia, because of her significant contributions to Polynesian biocultural heritage and field research in Moorea, French Polynesia.^[3]