Biology:Synchiropus grandoculis
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| Synchiropus grandoculis | |
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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. grandoculis
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| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus grandoculis R. Fricke, 2000
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Synchiropus grandoculis, the Western Australian bigeye dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean along Western Australia.[1][2]
Etymology
The name of the fish comes from grandis meaning large, and oculus, meaning eye, referring to its "unusually large" eyes.[3]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus grandoculis" 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 ☰ Q3756448 entry
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