Synchiropus novaehiberniensis
Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, the New Ireland dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Synchiropus novaehiberniensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. novaehiberniensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus novaehiberniensis R. Fricke, 2016 | |
Etymology
The fish is named after the island the fish was found at.[2]
References
- Fricke, R. (2016): Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with a review of subgenus Synchiropus (Neosynchiropus) and description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Natural History, 50 (47-48): 3003-3028.
- 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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