Synchiropus monacanthus

Synchiropus monacanthus, the deep-water dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean from Zanzibar, Tanzania to Port Alfred, South Africa.[1]

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

This species reaches a length of 13.0 cm (5.1 in).[2]

References

  1. Fricke, R., 1986. Callionymidae. p. 770-774. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus monacanthus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.


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