Tosanoides bennetti
Tosanoides bennetti is a species of reef fish in the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses.[1] It is known only from the Coral Sea[2] and can be found in depths of 141–150 meters.[3][4][1]
| Tosanoides bennetti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Tosanoides |
| Species: | T. bennetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Tosanoides bennetti Allen & F. Walsh, 2019 | |
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.[5]
Description
Tosanoides bennetti reaches a standard length of 4.9 cm.[6]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Tosanoides bennetti" in 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
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