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Synchiropus circularis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Callionymiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Synchiropus
Species:	S. circularis
Binomial name
Synchiropus circularis R. Fricke, 1984

Synchiropus circularis, the circled dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.

Description

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

Etymology

The fish is named after the body's circumferential white blotches.

References

1. Williams, J.T. (2022). "Synchiropus circularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T214366182A214366184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T214366182A214366184.en. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Synchiropus circularis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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.

• Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Synchiropus
• Fish of the Pacific Ocean
• Fish of East Asia
• Taxa named by Ronald Fricke
• Fish described in 1984
• Callionymidae stubs