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Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock

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Ornate dogfish
species of fish
Quagga catshark
species of fish
Malthopsis
Malthopsis, the gnome batfishes or triangular batfishes, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The triangular batfishes are distributed throughout the warmer waters of the world, although they are absent from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The genus was originally proposed in 1891 by the British naturalist Alfred W. Alcock.
Bathymyrus
Bathymyrus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. It currently contains the following species:
Chikila fulleri
species of amphibian
Benthobatis
Benthobatis is a genus of fish in the family Narcinidae with four currently recognized species.
Lamprogrammus
Lamprogrammus is a genus of cusk-eels.
Halimochirurgus
Halimochirurgus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Halicmetus
Halicmetus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The fishes in this genus are widely distributed in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Benthosema pterotum
species of fish
Parapterois macrura
species of fish
Dysomma
Dysomma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Froghead eel
species of fish
Lophiodes mutilus
taxon
Tauredophidium hextii
species of fish
Coryphaenoides woodmasoni
species of fish
Chascanopsetta
Chascanopsetta is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) found in deeper parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a single species, C. lugubris also occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains ten member species.
Triacanthodes ethiops
species of fish
Triplophysa yasinensis
species of fish
Polymetme corythaeola
species of fish
Promyllantor
Promyllantor is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.
Phrynocephalus euptilopus
species of reptile
Lytorhynchus maynardi
species of reptile
Monomitopus
Monomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels. They are oviparous.
Nettenchelys taylori
species of fish
Leptoderma affine
taxon, (Alcock, 1899) species of alepocephalidae
Scopelarchus
Scopelarchus is a genus of pearleyes.
Physiculus argyropastus
species of fish
Malthopsis lutea
species of fish
Narcetes erimelas
species of fish
Draco norvillii
species of reptile
Asymblepharus tragbulense
species of reptile
Physiculus roseus
species of fish
Eristicophis
Eristicophis is a monotypic genus created for the viper species, Eristicophis macmahonii, which is endemic to the desert region of Balochistan near the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Common names for the species include '''McMahon's viper, Asian sand viper, leaf-nosed viper, and whiskered viper'''. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are recognized as being valid.
Rhynchoconger squaliceps
species of fish
Scopelarchus guentheri
species of fish