Biology:Synchiropus randalli
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| Synchiropus randalli | |
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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. randalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus randalli G. T. Clark & R. Fricke, 1985
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Synchiropus randalli, the Randall's dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Southeast Pacific off of Chile.[1]
This species reaches a length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist John E. Randall, of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, for his many contributions to the knowledge of the fishes of Easter Island. Where randalli appears to be endemic. Randall also helped collect the type specimen.[3]
References
- ↑ Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus randalli" 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 ☰ Q2505192 entry
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