Pelontrus alcocki
| Pelontrus alcocki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Pelontrus |
| Species: | P. alcocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelontrus alcocki (Bineesh, Gopalakrishnan & Jena, 2014) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plectranthias alcocki | |
Pelontrus alcocki, or Alcock's deep-reef basslet, is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the western Indian Ocean.[2]
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3785 (3): 490–496.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pelontrus alcocki". FishBase. July 2026 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.