Plectranthias alcocki
Appearance
Plectranthias alcocki | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Genus: | Plectranthias |
Species: | P. alcocki
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Binomial name | |
Plectranthias alcocki |
Plectranthias alcocki, or Alcock's deep-reef basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.[2]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in).[3]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of physician-naturalist Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933), Superintendent of the Indian Museum in West Bengal, India, in recognition of his contribution to the taxonomy of the deep-sea fauna of Indian seas.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Borsa, P., Carpenter, K.E., Obota, C., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Yahya, S. & Jiddawi, N. (2018). "Plectranthias alcocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T117008614A117008868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T117008614A117008868.en. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bineesh, K.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Gopalakrishnan, A. & Jena, J.K. (2014): Plectranthias alcocki, a new anthiine fish species (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Arabian Sea, off southwest India. Zootaxa, 3785 (3): 490–496.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias alcocki". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2023.