''Plectranthias fourmanoiri'', the doublespot perchlet, is a species of

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

in the family

Serranidae Serranidae is a large family (biology), family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, ...

occurring in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of

Pierre Fourmanoir Pierre Fourmanoir (1924–2007) was a French ichthyologist working mainly in New Caledonia. He described many new species of fish including several sharks. Career He was the FAO Regional Fisheries Officer, in Madagascar. Taxon described by him ...

(1924-2007), the FAO Regional Fisheries Officer, in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

, who obtained a specimen of this fish and realized that it was a new species.

References

fourmanoiri Anthiadidae Taxa named by John Ernest Randall Fish described in 1980 {{serranidae-stub