''Calliurichthys'' is a

subgenus In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...

of ''

Callionymus ''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 ...

'', a genus

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, native to the western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

. Some authorities consider it to be a valid genus.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this subgenus: * '' Callionymus izuensis'' ( R. Fricke & Zaiser Brownell, 1993) * '' Callionymus scaber'' ( McCulloch, 1926)

References

Callionymidae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Animal subgenera {{Callionymidae-stub