Morrison's Dragonet, Neosynchiropus morrisoni (Schultz 1960)
A courting pair of Morrison's Dragonet, Neosynchiropus morrisoni, at Bua, Fiji, November 2017. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A variable red, tan and whitish dragonet, with a tall vertically striped dorsal fin and a pattern of white spots on the lower sides and fine blue spots on the head, pectoral and anal fins.
Video showing the courtship of Morrison's Dragonet.
Video showing the courtship of Morrison's Dragonet.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Neosynchiropus morrisoni in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/48
Morrison's Dragonet, Neosynchiropus morrisoni (Schultz 1960)
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Distribution |
Shark Bay to the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, and the northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west-central Pacific. |
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Species Citation |
Synchiropus morrisoni Schultz 1960, Bull. U.S. Natl Mus. 202(2): 409, fig. 132. Type locality: Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Morrison's Dragonet, Neosynchiropus morrisoni (Schultz 1960)
References
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Schultz, L.P. 1960. Family Callionymidae. pp. 397-410, figs 130-132 in Schultz, L.P., Chapman, W.M., Lachner, E.A. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 2. Families Mullidae through Stromateidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(2): 1-438, figs 91-132, pls 75-123
