Callionymus kailolae

Callionymus kailolae, Kailola's deepwater dragonet or the Northwestern ocellated dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean off of western Australia where this deep-water species is found at depths of from 200 to 204 metres (656 to 669 ft).[1] The specific name honours Patricia Kailola of Newnham, Tasmania who published a photograph of the new species, "in appreciation of her interest in callionymid fish research".[2]

Callionymus kailolae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species:
C. kailolae
Binomial name
Callionymus kailolae
R. Fricke, 2000

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus kailolae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Ronald Fricke (2000). "Callionymidae of New Caledonia, with remarks on related species and descriptions of 10 new species from New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, and Hawaii (Teleostei)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) (617): 1–81.


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