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]

Synchiropus grinnelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species:
S. grinnelli
Binomial name
Synchiropus grinnelli
Fowler, 1941

This species reaches a length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).[2]

Etymology

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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

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  1. ^ Fricke, R., 1982. Nominal genera and species of dragonets (Teleostei: Callionymidae, Draconettidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 84:53-92.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Synchiropus grinnelli". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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.