''Callionymus'' is a

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

s found mostly in the

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oceans with a few

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occurring in the

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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 The lancer dragonet (''Callionymus bairdi''), Baird's dragonet, coral dragonet or St Helena dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean where it occurs at depths of from . In the western Atlantic it occur ...

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, 1888 (Lancer dragonet) * ''

Callionymus belcheri ''Callionymus belcheri'', Belcher's dragonet or the flathead dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean waters off of Australia and Papua New Guinea where it occurs at depths of from . Description ''Callionymus belcheri'' h ...

'' J. Richardson, 1844 (Belcher's dragonet) * ''

Callionymus beniteguri ''Callionymus beniteguri'', the white-spotted dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the water around Japan and the East China Sea. This species grows to a length of SL. This species is of importance to local commercial fisheries Comm ...

& Snyder, 1900 (White-spotted dragonet) * ''

Callionymus bentuviai ''Callionymus bentuviai'', Ben-Tuvia's deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemic to the Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through ...

'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Ben-Tuvia's deepwater dragonet) * ''

Callionymus bifilum ''Callionymus bifilum'', the Northwestern Australian deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean off of western Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland ...

'' R. Fricke, 2000 (Northwestern Australian deepwater dragonet) * ''

Callionymus bleekeri ''Callionymus bleekeri'', Bleeker's deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemic to the Pacific Ocean waters around Indonesia. The specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist and surgeon Pieter Bleeker Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 � ...

'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Bleeker's deepwater dragonet) * ''

Callionymus boucheti ''Callionymus'' is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. Species There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus: * '' Callionymus aagilis'' R. Fricke, 1 ...

'' 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''

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, 1890 (Indian deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus colini'' R. Fricke, 1993 (Tiny New Guinea longtail dragonet) * '' Callionymus comptus'' J. E. Randall, 1999 (Ornamented dragonet) * '' Callionymus cooperi'' Regan, 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''

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, 1963 (Delicate dragonet) * '' Callionymus doryssus'' (

& 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'' Regan, 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 ''Callionymus hildae'', Hilde's darter dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemic to the Pacific waters around the Philippines. The specific name honours Miss Hildegard Handermann, of Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low Ger ...

'' 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 ''Callionymus leucobranchialis'', the Whitegill dragonet, is a species of dragonet found in the Pacific waters around the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic coun ...

'' 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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& Schlegel, 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 bottom ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

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(Dragonet) * ''

Callionymus macclesfieldensis ''Callionymus macclesfieldensis'', the Macclesfield dragonet, is a species of dragonet found only on the Macclesfield Bank in the South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north b ...

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

& Schlegel, 1845 (Valenciennes’ dragonet) * '' Callionymus whiteheadi'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Whitehead's deepwater dragonet) * '' Callionymus zythros'' R. Fricke, 2000 (Wongat dragonet) * ''

Callionymus vyali ''Callionymus'' is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. Species There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus: * ''Calliony ...

'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian) means extinct

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