Biology:Synchiropus minutulus

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Synchiropus minutulus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species:
S. minutulus
Binomial name
Synchiropus minutulus
R. Fricke, 1981

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

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus minutulus" 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 ☰ Q2363561 entry