Red dragonet
| Red dragonet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Callionymoidei |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. altivelis |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | |
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The red dragonet (Synchiropus altivelis) is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs at depths of from 70 to 600 metres (230 to 1,970 ft). Males of this species reaches a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL while females only reach 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL. This species is of commercial importance to local fisheries.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Synchiropus altivelis" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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