Synchiropus kamoharai is a species of fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets.

Synchiropus kamoharai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Synchiropus
Species:
S. kamoharai
Binomial name
Synchiropus kamoharai
(Nakabo, 1983)

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972), of the Kochi University, who was the first to find and record this species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.