{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Alcockia rostrata.jpg | parent_authority = Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 | taxon = Alcockia rostrata | display_parents = 2 | authority = (Günther, 1887) }}
'''''Alcockia''''' is a genus in the cusk-eel family. It contains only the single species '''''Alcockia rostrata''''', which is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, at depths of from {{convert|2761|to|4040|m|ft}}. This species grows to a length of {{convert|35|cm|in}} SL.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase |genus= Alcockia|species= rostrata| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref> The generic name ''Alcockia'' honours Alfred William Alcock (1859-1933) who was the surgeon-naturalist aboard the ''R.I.M.S. Investigator''.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/ | title = Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE | accessdate = 10 July 2018 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | date = 21 March 2018 | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database}}</ref>
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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera Category:Marine fish genera
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