Synchiropus grandoculis
Species of fish
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Synchiropus grandoculis, the Western Australian bigeye dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean along the coast of Western Australia.[2][3]
| Synchiropus grandoculis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. grandoculis |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus grandoculis R. Fricke, 2000 | |
Etymology
The name of the fish comes from grandis meaning large, and oculus, meaning eye, referring to its "unusually large" eyes.[4]