| Dysalotus alcocki | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Chiasmodontidae |
| Genus: | Dysalotus |
| Species: | D. alcocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysalotus alcocki MacGilchrist, 1905 | |
Dysalotus alcocki is a species of deep sea fish, a swallower, from the family Chiasmodontidae which is found in the tropical and temperate oceans around the world. The adults fed mainly on fish. The juveniles and larvae are most frequently recorded from shallower waters while adults are mostly caught from depths of over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). The generic name is derived from the Greek dysalotos which means "difficult to catch" and the specific name honours the English zoologist Alfred William Alcock (1859-1933).
References
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Dysalotus alcocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21113900A21914265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21113900A21914265.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dasyalotus alcocki". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- Bray, D.J. (2017). "Dysalotus alcocki". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- MacGilchrist, A. C. (1905). "Natural history notes from the R. I. M. S. 'Investigator,' Capt. T. H. Heming, R. N. (retired), commanding.--Series III., No. 8. On a new genus of teleostean fish closely allied to Chiasmodus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7. 15 (87): 268–270. doi:10.1080/03745480509443039.
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