About this species
Pelontrus foresti is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western-central Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pelontrus foresti”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Plectranthias foresti
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
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