Callionymus whiteheadi

Callionymus whiteheadi, Whitehead's deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet found in the Pacific waters around Indonesia.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Peter James Palmer Whitehead (1930-1992).[3]

Callionymus whiteheadi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species:
C. whiteheadi
Binomial name
Callionymus whiteheadi
R. Fricke, 1981

References

  1. Acero, A. & Fricke, R. (2010). "Callionymus whiteheadi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155031A4706595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155031A4706595.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus whiteheadi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. VW". Hans.G.Hansson. Retrieved 24 April 2018.


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