Synchiropus minutulus

Synchiropus minutulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Synchiropus
Species:	S. minutulus
Binomial name
	Synchiropus minutulus; R. Fricke, 1981

Synchiropus minutulus, the minute flagfin dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.¹

Description

This species reaches a length of 2.3 cm (0.91 in).²

Etymology

The fish's name means "very small" or "pygmy".³

References

Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993. Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Synchiropus minutulus". 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.

[1] Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993. Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Synchiropus minutulus". 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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