Plectranthias morgansi

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

Plectranthias morgansi
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. morgansi
Binomial name
Plectranthias morgansi (J. L. B. Smith, 1961)
Synonyms
Pelontrus morgansi Smith, 1961

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).^[3]

Etymology

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.^[4]