Biology:Synchiropus claudiae
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| Synchiropus claudiae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. claudiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus claudiae R. Fricke, 1990
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Synchiropus claudiae, the Claudia's dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Western Central Pacific.[1]
The maximum length of this species is 2.2 cm (0.87 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Fricke’s sister, Claudia Grünhagen, because of her “continued interest in and support of [his] studies on callionymid fishes”.[3]
References
- ↑ Fricke, R., 2001. Callionymidae. Dragonets. p. 3549-3571. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus claudiae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/syngnathiformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2407747 entry
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