Callionymus cooperi
Appearance
Callionymus cooperi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Callionymiformes |
Family: | Callionymidae |
Genus: | Callionymus |
Species: | C. cooperi
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Binomial name | |
Callionymus cooperi Regan, 1908
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Callionymus cooperi, Cooper's dragonet, is a species of dragonet found only around the Maldives where it occurs at depths of from 73 to 81 metres (240 to 266 ft).[1] The specific name honours the U.S. physician, ichthyologist, ornithologist and malacologist James Graham Cooper (1830–1902).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callionymus cooperi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. C". Hans.G.Hansson. Retrieved 22 April 2018.