Callionymus

Callionymus is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.

Callionymus
Callionymus bairdi
Callionymus lyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Callionymus lyra
Synonyms
  • Paradiplogrammus Nakabo, 1982
  • Spinicapitichthys Fricke, 1980

Species

There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Callionymus in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. Fricke, R. (2016): Callionymus alisae, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). FishTaxa, 1 (1): 55-66.
  3. Fricke, R. (2014): Callionymus madangensis, a new species of dragonet from Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 13: 1-15.
  4. Fricke, R., Jawad, L.A. & Al-Mamry, J.M. (2014): Callionymus omanensis, a new species of dragonet from Oman, north-western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 85 (5): 1303–1319.
  5. Fricke, R. (2016): Callionymus petersi, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 38–57.
  6. Fricke, R. & Golani, D. (2013): Callionymus profundus n. sp., a new species of dragonet from the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat), Red Sea (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 6: 277–285.
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