Eleutherochir

Eleutherochir is a monotypic genus of dragonets native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It contains a single species, Eleutherochir opercularis, the flap-gilled dragonet which is distributed from Sri Lanka and the east coast of India through the Malay Archipelago to the Ryukyu Islands. It can be found over shallow sandy and muddy substrates in the sea, but has been recorded entering the mouths of rivers and even to live in freshwater.[1]

Eleutherochir
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Eleutherochir
Bleeker, 1879
Species:
E. opercularis
Binomial name
Eleutherochir opercularis
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Callionymus opercularis Valenciennes, 1837
  • Pogonymus goslinei Rao, 1976

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Eleutherochir opercularis" in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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