Tosanoides bennetti
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Tosanoides bennetti is a species of reef fish from the subfamily Anthiinae part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses,[1] and is known only from the Coral Sea[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]

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.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Tosanoides bennetti" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Tosanoides bennetti". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  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.
  7. ↑ 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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