| Synchiropus grinnelli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. grinnelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus grinnelli Fowler, 1941 | |
Synchiropus grinnelli, the Philippines dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Western Central Pacific from 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus grinnelli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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