| Synchiropus laddi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. laddi |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus laddi L. P. Schultz, 1960 | |
Synchiropus laddi, the Ladd's dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of geologist Harry Stephen Ladd (1899-1982), of the U.S. Geological Survey, who was at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (type locality), during Operations Crossroads (1946 and again in 1947), studying the effects of the atomic bombs,[3]
References
- ↑ Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus laddi" 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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