Synchiropus randalli
Synchiropus randalli, the Randall's dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the Southeast Pacific off of Chile.[1]
| Synchiropus randalli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. randalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus randalli G. T. Clark & R. Fricke, 1985 | |
This species reaches a length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist John E. Randall, of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, for his many contributions to the knowledge of the fishes of Easter Island. Where randalli appears to be endemic. Randall also helped collect the type specimen.[3]
References
- Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus randalli" 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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