| Synchiropus springeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. springeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus springeri R. Fricke, 1983 | |
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. [1]
This species grows up to 1.8 cm (0.71 in) in length. [2]
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. [3]
Victor Gruschka Springer was an American biologist who was a Senior Scientist emeritus, Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He was a specialist in the anatomy, classification, and distribution of fishes, with a special interest in tropical marine shorefishes. He published numerous scientific studies on these subjects; also, a popular book called "Sharks in Question, the Smithsonian Answer Book" 1989.
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