Symphysanodon andersoni, the buck-toothed slopefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish found in the western Indian Ocean.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Symphysanodontidae |
| Genus: | Symphysanodon |
| Species: | S. andersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Symphysanodon andersoni Kotthaus, 1974
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Description
editThis species reaches a length of 15.7 cm (6.2 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Symphysanodon andersoni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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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