Synchiropus
| Synchiropus | |
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| Mandarinfish (S. splendidus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Callionymoidei |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus T. N. Gill, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Callionymus lateralis Richardson, 1844 | |
| Species | |
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Synchiropus is a genus of dragonets found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific.
A juvenile picturesque dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus) in captivity
Species
There are currently 42 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Synchiropus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
- Synchiropus atrilabiatus (Garman, 1899) (Antler dragonet)
- Synchiropus australis (Nakabo & McKay, 1989)
- Synchiropus bartelsi R. Fricke, 1981 (Bartel's dragonet)
- Synchiropus circularis R. Fricke, 1984 (Circled dragonet)
- Synchiropus claudiae R. Fricke, 1990
- Synchiropus corallinus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Exclamation point dragonet)
- Synchiropus delandi Fowler, 1943
- Synchiropus goodenbeani (Nakabo & Hartel, 1999) (Palefin dragonet)
- Synchiropus grandoculis R. Fricke, 2000
- Synchiropus grinnelli Fowler, 1941 (Philippines dragonet)
- Synchiropus hawaiiensis R. Fricke, 2000
- Synchiropus ijimae D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Japanese dragonet)
- Synchiropus kanmuensis (Nakabo, Yamamoto & C. H. Chen, 1983)
- Synchiropus kinmeiensis (Nakabo, Yamamoto & C. H. Chen, 1983)
- Synchiropus laddi L. P. Schultz, 1960 (Ladd's dragonet)
- Synchiropus lateralis (J. Richardson, 1844)
- Synchiropus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Synchiropus marmoratus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Marbled dragonet)
- Synchiropus minutulus R. Fricke, 1981
- Synchiropus monacanthus J. L. B. Smith, 1935 (Deep-water dragonet)
- Synchiropus morrisoni L. P. Schultz, 1960 (Morrison's dragonet)
- Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & R. Fricke, 1985 (Moyer's dragonet)
- Synchiropus novaecaledoniae R. Fricke, 1993
- Synchiropus ocellatus (Pallas, 1770) (Ocellated dragonet)
- Synchiropus orientalis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
- Synchiropus orstom R. Fricke, 2000
- Synchiropus phaeton (Günther, 1861) (Phaeton dragonet)
- Synchiropus picturatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1877) (Picturesque dragonet)
- Synchiropus postulus J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Dwarf dragonet)
- Synchiropus rameus (McCulloch, 1926) (High-finned dragonet)
- Synchiropus randalli G. T. Clark & R. Fricke, 1985 (Randall's dragonet)
- Synchiropus richeri R. Fricke, 2000
- Synchiropus rosulentus J. E. Randall, 1999 (Rosy dragonet)
- Synchiropus rubrovinctus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
- Synchiropus sechellensis Regan, 1908
- Synchiropus signipinnis R. Fricke, 2000
- Synchiropus splendidus (Herre, 1927) (Mandarinfish)
- Synchiropus springeri R. Fricke, 1983
- Synchiropus stellatus J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Starry dragonet)
- Synchiropus tudorjonesi G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012
- Synchiropus zamboangana Seale, 1910
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Synchiropus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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