Family

Callionymidae

8 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Callionymidae

Synchiropus splendidus (Herre, 1927)

Synchiropus splendidus, the mandarinfish, is a small reef fish famous for getting its blue color from cellular pigment.

Synchiropus morrisoni Schultz, 1960

Synchiropus morrisoni, or Morrison's dragonet, is a small reef fish found across the western and central Indo-Pacific.

Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814

Risso's dragonet (Callionymus risso) is a small dragonet species native to the Mediterranean and Black Seas, rarely seen off Portugal.

Callionymus pusillus Delaroche, 1809

Callionymus pusillus, the sailfin dragonet, is a common small benthic dragonet found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758

Callionymus lyra (common dragonet) is a demersal North Atlantic fish found down to 430m, with minor commercial use.

Callionymus goodladi (Whitley, 1944)

Goodlad's stinkfish (Callionymus goodladi) is a bottom-dwelling dragonet native to waters off northwestern Australia.

Dactylopus kuiteri (Fricke, 1992)

Kuiter's dragonet (Dactylopus kuiteri) is a tropical Indo-Pacific marine dragonet species that grows up to 15 cm TL.

Dactylopus dactylopus (Valenciennes, 1837)

The fingered dragonet (Dactylopus dactylopus) is a central Indo-Pacific marine dragonet species that is sold in the aquarium trade.

Related Families

Labridae 192 species Gobiidae 185 species Pomacentridae 183 species Serranidae 122 species Blenniidae 87 species Chaetodontidae 82 species Percidae 67 species Scaridae 56 species

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