Plectranthias maugei

Plectranthias maugei is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean. ^[2]

Plectranthias maugei
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Plectranthias
Species:	P. maugei
Binomial name
Plectranthias maugei J. E. Randall, 1980

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of accountant-turned-ichthyologist André L. Maugé (1922-2008), of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, who was the one who collected the type specimens and made drawing of holotype.^[4]