Symphysanodon andersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Symphysanodontidae
Genus:
Symphysanodon
Species:
S. andersoni
Binomial name
Symphysanodon andersoni
Kotthaus, 1974

Symphysanodon andersoni, the buck-toothed slopefish, is a species of marine fish found in the Western Indian Ocean.[1]

This species reaches a length of 15.7 cm (6.2 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish bears the name William D. Anderson Jr. in recognition of his research on Symphysanodon, his examination of this species, and his sharing of his findings with Kotthaus. Anderson, Jr. works at the Grice Marine Biological Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, W.D.Jr., Chesalin, M.V., Jawad, L.A. & Al Shajibi, S.R. (2015): Redescription of the percoid fish Symphysanodon andersoni Kotthaus (Symphysanodontidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, based on the holotype and the second known specimen. Zootaxa, 4021 (3): 475-481.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Symphysanodon andersoni" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ACROPOTAMIFORMES: Families SCOMBROPIDAE, CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, STEREOLEPIDIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE, BANJOSIDAE and DINOLESTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.


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