herpetology, Alcock described five new species of reptiles, some in collaboration with the English ornithologist Frank Finn. Eponymous species Acromycter alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 Bathynemertes alcocki Laidlaw, 1906 Sabellaria alcocki Gravier, 1907 Pourtalesia alcocki Koehler, 1914 Aristeus alcocki Ramadan, 1938 Pasiphaea alcocki (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) See also List of carcinologists :Category:Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock References External links A guide to the zoological collections exhibited in the fish gallery of the Indian Museum (1899) (Scanned book) Illustrations of the Zoology of the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator, under the command of Commander T H Heming. Fishes Part V, Crustacea Part VI Mollusca Part II . Alfred Alcock. Calcutta, 1898 (scanned book) A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum : being a revised account of the deep-sea fishes collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship Investigator (scanned book) British naturalists 1859 births 1933 deaths Medical doctors from Mumbai People educated at Blackheath Proprietary School People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of the University of Aberdeen British people in colonial India British carcinologists Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Fellows of the Royal Society Indian Medical Service officers Sanitary commissioners