WoRMS taxon details
Synchiropus postulus Smith, 1963
219783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219783)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1963). Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 28: 547-564, Pls. 83-86. [details]
Description Occurs in shallow water among seaweeds and coral reefs.
Description Occurs in shallow water among seaweeds and coral reefs. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Synchiropus postulus Smith, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219783 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1963). Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 28: 547-564, Pls. 83-86. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in shallow water among seaweeds and coral reefs. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dwarf dragonet | [details] |
