Blotchfin dragonet

Blotchfin dragonet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species: C. filamentosus
Binomial name
Callionymus filamentosus
Valenciennes, 1837

Callionymus filamentosus, the Blotchfin dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It also now occurs in the Mediterranean Sea having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal. This species occurs at depths of from 16 to 350 metres (52 to 1,148 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus filamentosus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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