Biology:Synchiropus hawaiiensis

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Synchiropus hawaiiensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species:
S. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Synchiropus hawaiiensis
R. Fricke, 2000

Synchiropus hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian bigeye dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Hawaiian Islands.[1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named after Hawaii where the fish is found.[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus hawaiiensis" 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 ☰ Q3756166 entry