Tosanoides annepatrice

Tosanoides annepatrice is a species of reef fish from the subfamily Anthiinae part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses.[1] native to the Western Pacific Ocean around Palau and Micronesia and can be found in depths of 115–150 meters.[1] Tosanoides filamentosus is one of six species that make up the genus Tosanoides.[2]

Tosanoides annepatrice
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Tosanoides
Species:
T. annepatrice
Binomial name
Tosanoides annepatrice
Pyle, Greene, Copus & Randall, 2018

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Anne Patrice Greene, the second author's mother.[3]

Description

It is around 6.9 centimeters long.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Tosanoides annepatrice" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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