Biology:Plectranthias alcocki
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Plectranthias |
| Species: | P. alcocki
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| Plectranthias alcocki Bineesh, Gopalakrishnan & Jena, 2014
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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
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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/117008614/117008868. 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. Zootaxa, 3785 (3): 490–496.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Plectranthias alcocki" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/perciformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q21304432 entry
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