Tosanoides bennetti

Tosanoides bennetti is a species of reef fish from the subfamily Anthiinae part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses.[1] found in the Pacific Ocean around Australia[2] and can be found in depths of 141–150 meters.[3][4][1] Tosanoides bennetti is one of six species that make up the genus Tosanoides.[5]

Tosanoides bennetti
Scientific classification
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 honor 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.[6]

Description

It is around 4.9 centimeters long.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Tosanoides bennetti" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. Bray, D.J. 2019, Tosanoides bennetti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2022, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5486
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tosanoides bennetti Allen & Walsh, 2019". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  4. 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.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tosanoides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. 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.



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