High-finned dragonet

High-finned dragonet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Callionymoidei
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species: S. rameus
Binomial name
Synchiropus rameus
(McCulloch, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Callionymus rameus McCulloch, 1926
  • Orbonymus rameus (McCulloch, 1926)

High-finned dragonet, Synchiropus rameus, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of northwestern Australia as well as New Caledonia where it favors substrates consisting of sand or rubble. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.

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