Synchiropus moyeri
Synchiropus moyeri, the Moyer's dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Western Pacific.[1]
| Synchiropus moyeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. moyeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & R. Fricke, 1985 | |
This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Jack T. Moyer (1929-2004), who was director of the Tatsuo Tanaka Memorial Biological Station at Miyake-jima, Japan, for his “noteworthy contributions to the knowledge of the fishes of Miyake-jima, and in deep appreciation of the encouragement and logistic support he has provided to both of the authors”.[3]
References
- Zaiser, M.J. and R. Fricke, 1985. Synchiropus moyeri, a new species of dragonet (Callionymidae) from Miyake-jima, Japan. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 31(4):389-397.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus moyeri" 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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