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Tosanoides bennetti

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Tosanoides bennetti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Tosanoides
Species:
T. bennetti
Binomial name
Tosanoides bennetti
Allen & F. Walsh, 2019

Tosanoides bennetti is a species of reef fish in the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses.[1] It is known only from the Coral Sea[2] and can be found in depths of 141–150 meters.[3][4][1]

Etymology

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The fish is named honour of Timothy Bennett (b. 1960), an Australian diver and a fish collector for the marine aquarium trade, who captured the type specimen with a handnet.[5]

Description

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Tosanoides bennetti reaches a standard length of 4.9 cm.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tosanoides bennetti". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Tosanoides bennetti". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tosanoides bennetti Allen & Walsh, 2019". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  4. ^ Slezak, Michael (18 June 2020). "Coral Sea's deep-water reef secrets revealed as pandemic sees research ship redeployed". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Family SERRANIDAE (part 1)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ^ Bray, D.J. 2019, Tosanoides bennetti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2022, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5486