Biology:Synchiropus grinnelli

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Synchiropus grinnelli
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species:
S. grinnelli
Binomial name
Synchiropus grinnelli
Fowler, 1941

Synchiropus grinnelli, the Philippines dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae . It is found in the western-central Pacific from the Philippines to Indonesia.[1]

This species reaches a length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Joseph Grinnell (1877-1939), who was Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California in Berkeley, California.[3]

References

  1. Fricke, R., 1982. Nominal genera and species of dragonets (Teleostei: Callionymidae, Draconettidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 84:53-92.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus grinnelli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "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 ☰ Q2517675 entry