Synchiropus grinnelli

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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[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.) (2015). "Synchiropus grinnelli" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-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.