Biology:Synchiropus minutulus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Synchiropus minutulus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. minutulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus minutulus R. Fricke, 1981
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Synchiropus minutulus, the minute flagfin dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean.[1]
This species reaches a length of 2.3 cm (0.91 in).[2]
Etymology
The fishes name means very small or pygmy.[3]
References
- ↑ Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993. Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus minutulus" 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 ☰ Q2363561 entry
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