Synchiropus monacanthus
Appearance
Synchiropus monacanthus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Callionymiformes |
Family: | Callionymidae |
Genus: | Synchiropus |
Species: | S. monacanthus
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Binomial name | |
Synchiropus monacanthus J. L. B. Smith, 1935
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Synchiropus monacanthus, the deep-water dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean from Zanzibar, Tanzania to Port Alfred, South Africa.[1]
Description
[edit]This species reaches a length of 13.0 cm (5.1 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Fricke, R., 1986. Callionymidae. p. 770-774. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Synchiropus monacanthus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.