''Synchiropus claudiae'', also known as Claudia's dragonet, is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of fish in the

dragonet Dragonets are small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek language, Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are Benthos, ...

family Callionymidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.

Description

The maximum length of this species is .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Fricke’s sister, Claudia Grünhagen, because of her “continued interest in and support of isstudies on callionymid fishes”.

References

claudiae Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish of East Asia Taxa named by Ronald Fricke Fish described in 1990 {{Callionymidae-stub