Synchiropus signipinnis

Synchiropus signipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Synchiropus
Species:	S. signipinnis
Binomial name
	Synchiropus signipinnis; R. Fricke, 2000

Last updated December 28, 2025

Synchiropus signipinnis, the Chesterfield bigeye dragonet, is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The fish's name is from signum, meaning "banner", and pinnis, meaning "fin", referring to the high first-dorsal fin of the male.^[3]

References

↑ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Synchiropus signipinnis". FishBase . February 2015 version.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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[1] Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Synchiropus signipinnis". FishBase . February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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