''Callionymus'' is a

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

s found mostly in the

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and

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occurring in the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

Species

There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus: * '' Callionymus aagilis'' R. Fricke, 1999 (Slow dragonet) * '' Callionymus acutirostris'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Pointed dragonet) * '' Callionymus afilum'' R. Fricke, 2000 (Northern Australian longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus africanus'' ( Kotthaus, 1977) (African deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus alisae'' R. Fricke, 2016 (Alis dragonet) 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.'' * '' Callionymus altipinnis'' R. Fricke, 1981 (High-fin deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus amboina'' Suwardji, 1965 (Ambon darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus annulatus'' M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Big-head dragonet) * '' Callionymus australis'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Australian dragonet) * '' Callionymus bairdi'' D. S. Jordan, 1888 (Lancer dragonet) * '' Callionymus belcheri'' J. Richardson, 1844 (Belcher's dragonet) * '' Callionymus beniteguri'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 (White-spotted dragonet) * '' Callionymus bentuviai'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Ben-Tuvia's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus bifilum'' R. Fricke, 2000 (Northwestern Australian deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus bleekeri'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Bleeker's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus boucheti'' R. Fricke, 2017 (Bouchet's dragonet) * '' Callionymus brevianalis'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Small ruddertail dragonet) * '' Callionymus caeruleonotatus'' C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Blue-spotted dragonet) * '' Callionymus carebares'' Alcock, 1890 (Indian deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus colini'' R. Fricke, 1993 (Tiny New Guinea longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus comptus'' J. E. Randall, 1999 (Ornamented dragonet) * '' Callionymus cooperi''

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, 1908 (Cooper's dragonet) * '' Callionymus curvicornis''

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, 1837 (Horn dragonet) * '' Callionymus curvispinis'' R. Fricke & Zaiser, 1993 (Izu ruddertail dragonet) * '' Callionymus decoratus'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Decorated dragonet) * '' Callionymus delicatulus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Delicate dragonet) * '' Callionymus doryssus'' ( D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903) (Japanese filamentous dragonet) * '' Callionymus draconis'' Nakabo, 1977 (Japanese spiny dragonet) * '' Callionymus enneactis'' Bleeker, 1879 (Mangrove dragonet) * '' Callionymus erythraeus'' E. Ninni, 1934 (Small-head dragonet) * '' Callionymus fasciatus''

, 1837 (Banded dragonet) * '' Callionymus filamentosus''

, 1837 (Blotch-fin dragonet) * '' Callionymus flavus'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Yellow ruddertail dragonet) * '' Callionymus fluviatilis'' F. Day, 1876 (River dragonet) * '' Callionymus formosanus'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Taiwanese deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus futuna'' R. Fricke, 1998 (Futuna deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus gardineri''

, 1908 (Long-tail dragonet) * '' Callionymus goodladi'' ( Whitley, 1944) (Goodlad's dragonet) * '' Callionymus grossi'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Gross' dragonet) * '' Callionymus guentheri'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Günther's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus hainanensis'' S. C. Li, 1966 (Hainan darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus hildae'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Hilde's darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus hindsii'' J. Richardson, 1844 (Hinds' dragonet) * '' Callionymus ikedai'' ( Nakabo, Senou & Aizawa, 1998) (Ryukyu ruddertail dragonet) * '' Callionymus io'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Andaman Sea spiny dragonet) * '' Callionymus izuensis'' R. Fricke & Zaiser, 1993 (Izu dragonet) * '' Callionymus japonicus'' Houttuyn, 1782 (Japanese longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus kailolae'' R. Fricke, 2000 (Kailola's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus kanakorum'' R. Fricke, 2006 (Kanakorum dragonet) * '' Callionymus keeleyi'' Fowler, 1941 (Keeley's dragonet) * '' Callionymus koreanus'' ( Nakabo, S. R. Jeon & S. C. Li, 1987) (Korean dragonet) * '' Callionymus kotthausi'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Kotthaus’ deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus leucobranchialis'' Fowler, 1941 (White-gill dragonet) * '' Callionymus leucopoecilus'' R. Fricke & C. L. Lee, 1993 (Korean darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus limiceps'' J. D. Ogilby, 1908 (Rough-headed dragonet) * '' Callionymus lunatus''

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, 1845 (Moon dragonet) * '' Callionymus luridus'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Macclesfield longtail dragonet) * ''

Callionymus lyra The common dragonet (''Callionymus lyra'') is a species of dragonet which is widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic where it is common near Europe from Norway and Iceland southwards. It is a demersal species that occurs over sand botto ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

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(Dragonet) * '' Callionymus macclesfieldensis'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Macclesfield dragonet) * '' Callionymus macdonaldi'' J. D. Ogilby, 1911 (Australian darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus maculatus''

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, 1810 ( Spotted dragonet) * '' Callionymus madangensis'' R. Fricke, 2014 (Madang dragonet) 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.'' * '' Callionymus margaretae''

, 1905 (Margaret's dragonet) * '' Callionymus marleyi''

, 1919 (Sand dragonet) * '' Callionymus marquesensis'' R. Fricke, 1989 (Marquesas ruddertail dragonet) * '' Callionymus martinae'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Martina's dragonet) * '' Callionymus mascarenus'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Mauritius dragonet) * '' Callionymus megastomus'' R. Fricke, 1982 (Indian megamouth dragonet) * '' Callionymus melanotopterus'' Bleeker, 1850 (Indonesian flag dragonet) * '' Callionymus meridionalis'' Suwardji, 1965 (White-flag dragonet) * '' Callionymus moretonensis'' C. R. Johnson, 1971 (Queensland dragonet) * '' Callionymus mortenseni'' Suwardji, 1965 (Mortensen's darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus muscatensis''

, 1905 (Muscat dragonet) * '' Callionymus neptunius'' ( Seale, 1910) (Long-tail dragonet) * '' Callionymus obscurus'' R. Fricke, 1989 (Obscure dragonet) * '' Callionymus ochiaii'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Japanese lowfin deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus octostigmatus'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Eight-spot dragonet) * '' Callionymus ogilbyi'' R. Fricke, 2002 (Eastern Australian longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus omanensis'' R. Fricke,

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& Al-Mamry, 2014 (Oman dragonet) 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.'' * '' Callionymus oxycephalus'' R. Fricke, 1980 (Red Sea spiny dragonet) * '' Callionymus persicus''

, 1905 (Persian dragonet) * '' Callionymus petersi'' R. Fricke, 2016 (Peters's dragonet) 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.'' * '' Callionymus planus'' Ochiai, 1955 (Japanese darter dragonet) * '' Callionymus platycephalus'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Flat-head dragonet) * '' Callionymus pleurostictus'' R. Fricke, 1982 (Blue-spotted ruddertail dragonet) * '' Callionymus profundus'' R. Fricke & Golani, 2013 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.'' * '' Callionymus pusillus'' Delaroche, 1809 (Sail-fin dragonet) * ''

Callionymus regani ''Callionymus regani'', Regan’s deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet known only from the Saya de Malha Bank in the Indian Ocean at depths of around . The specific name honours the British ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943). ...

'' Nakabo, 1979 (Regan's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus reticulatus''

, 1837 (Reticulated dragonet) * '' Callionymus risso'' Lesueur, 1814 (Risso's dragonet) * '' Callionymus rivatoni'' R. Fricke, 1993 (New Caledonian longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus russelli'' C. R. Johnson, 1976 (Russell's dragonet) * '' Callionymus sagitta''

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, 1770 (Arrow dragonet) * '' Callionymus scaber''

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, 1926 (Lord Howe longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus scabriceps'' Fowler, 1941 (Jolo dragonet) * '' Callionymus schaapii'' Bleeker, 1852 (Short-snout sand dragonet) * '' Callionymus semeiophor'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Nusa Tenggara deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus sereti'' R. Fricke, 1998 (Séret's dragonet) * '' Callionymus simplicicornis''

, 1837 (Simple-spined dragonet) * '' Callionymus sokonumeri'' Kamohara, 1936 (Japanese highfin deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus sphinx'' R. Fricke & Heckele, 1984 (Sphinx dragonet) * '' Callionymus stigmatopareius'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Mozambique dragonet) * '' Callionymus sublaevis''

, 1926 (Australian filamentous dragonet) * '' Callionymus superbus'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Proud dragonet) * '' Callionymus tenuis'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Tiny dragonet) * '' Callionymus tethys'' R. Fricke, 1993 (Tethys dragonet) * '' Callionymus umbrithorax'' Fowler, 1941 (Philippine darkthroat dragonet) * '' Callionymus valenciennei''

, 1845 (Valenciennes’ dragonet) * '' Callionymus whiteheadi'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Whitehead's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus zythros'' R. Fricke, 2000 (Wongat dragonet) * '' Callionymus vyali'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian) means extinct

References

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