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Synchiropus morrisoni Schultz, 1960

Morrison's dragonet
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurrence according to Shao, pers. comm.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Synchiropus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Schultz.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 10 - 40 m (Ref. 75992), usually 25 - 33 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 33°N - 26°S, 100°E - 168°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Japan to Australia and eastward to Samoa.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 90102)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 4; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 7. Body with numerous round spots. Males identified by striped dorsal fin (Ref. 48636).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Occurs in algal covered rocks of seaward reefs; rarely in less than 25 m in most coral reef areas (Ref. 1602, 48636). Minimum depth from Ref. 90102, common minimum depth from Refs. 1602, 48636, 34765.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Fricke, Ronald | Collaborateurs

Fricke, R., 2016. Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with a review of subgenus Synchiropus (Neosynchiropus) and description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). J. Nat. Hist. (Ref. 111072)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless




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