Biology:Synchiropus grinnelli
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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. grinnelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus grinnelli Fowler, 1941
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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
- ↑ Fricke, R., 1982. Nominal genera and species of dragonets (Teleostei: Callionymidae, Draconettidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 84:53-92.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Synchiropus grinnelli" 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 ☰ Q2517675 entry
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