''Plectranthias alcocki'', or Alcock's deep-reef basslet, is a species of

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

in the family

Serranidae Serranidae is a large family (biology), family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, ...

occurring in the western Indian Ocean.Bineesh, K.K., Akhilesh, K.V., Gopalakrishnan, A. & Jena, J.K. (2014)
''Plectranthias alcocki'', a new anthiine fish species (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Arabian Sea, off southwest India.
''Zootaxa, 3785 (3): 490–496.''

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of physician-naturalist

Alfred William Alcock Alfred William Alcock (23 June 1859 in Bombay – 24 March 1933 in Belvedere, Kent) was a British physician, naturalist, and carcinologist. Early life and education Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who re ...

(1859–1933), Superintendent of the

Indian Museum Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta) is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection. It ...

in West Bengal, India, in recognition of his contribution to the taxonomy of the deep-sea fauna of Indian seas.

References

alcocki Taxa named by Kinattum Kara Bineesh Taxa named by Achamveetil Gopalakrishnan Taxa named by Joy Krushna Jena Fish described in 2014 {{serranidae-stub