Plectranthias alcocki

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Plectranthias alcocki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Plectranthias
Species:
P. alcocki
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]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in). [3]

Etymology

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

  1. ↑ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plectranthias alcocki". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ 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.


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