Meganthias carpenteri explained

Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish,^[1] is a pink and yellow fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter.^[2] Meganthias carpenteri is a member of the subfamily Anthiinae which is classified under the family Serranidae which also includes the groupers and the serranine sea basses.

Notes and 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. 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[404:MCNSOF]2.0.CO;2 .
2. Web site: Phyllis Brown . 2007 . New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter . Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter . 30, February 20, 2007 . Old Dominion University. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024135/http://sci.odu.edu/sci/Scire/30edition/faculty/NewFish.html . 2011-07-20 .