Synchiropus hawaiiensis

Synchiropus hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian bigeye dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Hawaiian Islands.[1][2]

Synchiropus hawaiiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species:
S. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Synchiropus hawaiiensis
R. Fricke, 2000

Etymology

The fish is named after Hawaii where the fish is found.[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus hawaiiensis" in 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.


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