Synchiropus circularis

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2022 |title=Synchiropus circularis |volume=2022 |page=e.T214366182A214366184 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T214366182A214366184.en |access-date=5 March 2024}}

| taxon = Synchiropus circularis

| authority = R. Fricke, 1984

}}

Synchiropus circularis, the circled dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|2.3|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Synchiropus |species= circularis| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named after the body's circumferential white blotches.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/syngnathiformes2/ | title = Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE | access-date= 31 January 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

References

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.

circularis

Category:Fish of the Pacific Ocean

Category:Fish of East Asia

Category:Taxa named by Ronald Fricke

Category:Fish described in 1984