TERM: Description of glossary term.
Fish related glossary
allotype
Context: Taxonomy.
A specimen used in the description of a species with the opposite sex to the main specimen (holotype).
Reference
ICZN. 1999. "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4th edition". International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, Natural History Museum London - [abstract] · (ffm03781)