Tosanoides bennetti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Anthiadidae |
Genus: | Tosanoides |
Species: | T. bennetti |
Binomial name | |
Tosanoides bennetti Allen & F. Walsh, 2019 |
Tosanoides bennetti is a species of reef fish in the family Anthiadidae. It is known only from the Coral Sea and can be found in depths of 141–150 meters.
Etymology
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.
Description
Tosanoides bennetti reaches a standard length of 4.9 cm.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tosanoides bennetti". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Tosanoides bennetti". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tosanoides bennetti Allen & Walsh, 2019". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bray, D.J. 2019, Tosanoides bennetti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2022, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5486
Taxon identifiers | |
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Tosanoides bennetti |
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