Ball's pipefish

noun

Cosmocampus balli, a fish of the family Syngnathidae, endemic to Hawaii.

Meanings

noun
  1. Cosmocampus balli, a fish of the family Syngnathidae, endemic to Hawaii.

Origin

Named in honor of American zoologist Stanley Crittenden Ball (1885-1956).

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