Blotchfin dragonet
Blotchfin dragonet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Callionymiformes |
Family: | Callionymidae |
Genus: | Callionymus |
Species: | C. filamentosus |
Binomial name | |
Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837 | |
Callionymus filamentosus, the Blotchfin dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It also now occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, where it was first recorded in 1953 off Israel, [1] having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal. This species occurs at depths of from 16 to 350 metres (52 to 1,148 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.[2]
References
- ↑ F.D. Por (1978). Lessepsian Migration: The Influx of Red Sea Biota into the Mediterranean by Way of the Suez Canal Volume 23 of Ecological Studies (2012 reprint). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 104. ISBN 3642667287.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus filamentosus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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