Carpenter's Yellowtop Jewelfish

Carpenter's Yellowtop Jewelfish, Meganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006[1] is a pink and yellow fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent Carpenter.[2] Meganthias carpenteri is a member of the taxonomic subfamily Anthiinae, family Serranidae.

References

  1. ^ Anderson, W.D. Jr. 2006 Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(3):404-417.
  2. ^ Phyllis Brown, Ed. 2007. New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter. Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter, Edition 30, February 20, 2007, http://sci.odu.edu/sci/Scire/30edition/faculty/NewFish.html, n.p.