| Synchiropus kamoharai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. kamoharai |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus kamoharai (Nakabo, 1983) | |
Synchiropus kamoharai is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets.
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972), of the Kochi University, who was the first to find and record this species. [1]
Victor Gruschka Springer is Senior Scientist emeritus, Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is a specialist in the anatomy, classification, and distribution of fishes, with a special interest in tropical marine shorefishes. He has published numerous scientific studies on these subjects; also, a popular book called "Sharks in Question, the Smithsonian Answer Book" 1989.
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