Plectranthias lasti

Plectranthias lasti, the trawl perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Plectranthias lasti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. lasti
Binomial name
Plectranthias lasti J. E. Randall & Hoese, 1995

Size

This species reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in).^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Peter R. Last, of the CSIRO Division of Fisheries, who collected the paratype, and recognized it as an undescribed species, and made it available to the authors.^[3]