Plectranthias kelloggi

Plectranthias kelloggi, also known as eastern flower porgy, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.^[2]

Plectranthias kelloggi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. kelloggi
Binomial name
Plectranthias kelloggi (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
Synonyms
List Anthias kelloggi Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Pseudanthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Zalanthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Anthias japonicus Döderlein, 1883 Pseudanthias azumanus Jordan & Richardson, 1910 Plectranthias kelloggi azumanus (Jordan & Richardson, 1910) Plectranthias kelloggi melanesius Randall, 1980 Anthias rubromaculatus Borets, 1982 Plectranthias rubromaculatus (Borets, 1982)

Size

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937), one of Jordan's colleagues at Stanford University.^[4]