Callionymus bleekeri

Callionymus bleekeri, Bleeker's deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemic to the Pacific Ocean waters around Indonesia.[1] The specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist and surgeon Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878).[2]

Callionymus bleekeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species:
C. bleekeri
Binomial name
Callionymus bleekeri
R. Fricke, 1983

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus bleekeri" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. B". Hans.G.Hansson. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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