Synchiropus springeri
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Synchiropus springeri, also known as Springer's dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.Fricke, R., 1983. Revision of the Indo-Pacific genera and species of the dragonet family Callionymidae (Teleostei). Theses Zool. (THESESZ) 3:1-774.
Description
This species grows up to 1.8 cm (0.71 in) in length.{{FishBase |genus= Synchiropus |species= springeri| month = February | year = 2015}}
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the U.S. National Museum, who was the one who collected the type specimens during his Fiji Islands Expedition in 1982 and loaned the specimens and many other specimens to Fricke for examination.{{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}}
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Category:Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Category:Taxa named by Ronald Fricke
Category:Fish described in 1983
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