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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, benthic organisms, spending most of their time near the sandy bottoms, at a depth of roughly two hundred meters. There exist 139 species of the fish, in nineteen genera. Due to similarities in Morphology (biology), morphology and behavior, dragonets are sometimes confused with members of the goby family. However, male dragonets can be differentiated from the goby by their very long dorsal fins, and females by their protruding lower jaws. The Draconettidae may be considered a sister family, whose members are very much alike, though rarely seen. Genera The following genera are classified within the Callionymidae: * ''Anaora'' John Edward Gray, J. E. Gray, 1835 * ''Bathycallionymus'' Tesuji Nakabo, Nakabo, 1982 * ''Callionymus'' Carolus L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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: * ''Callionymus aagilis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1999 (Slow dragonet) * ''Callionymus acutirostris'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Pointed dragonet) * ''Callionymus afilum'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2000 (Northern Australian longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus africanus'' (Adolf Kotthaus, Kotthaus, 1977) (African deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus alisae'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2016 (Alis dragonet) Fricke, R. (2016): ''Callionymus alisae'', a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). ''FishTaxa, 1 (1): 55-66.'' * ''Callionymus altipinnis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (High-fin deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus amboina'' Suwardji (ichthyologist), Suwardji, 1965 (Ambon dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callionymus Lyra
The common dragonet (''Callionymus lyra'') is a species of dragonet which is widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic where it is common near Europe from Norway and Iceland southwards. It is a demersal species that occurs over sand bottoms. It lives to a maximum age of around seven years. It is caught in bycatch by fisheries and is used in the aquarium trade. Description The common dragonet has a broad, triangular, flattened head with a long snout and protruding lower jaw, the body is also flattened, although the tail is rounded. The eyes are placed on the top head and the gills are alo on the upper part of the body. The preopercular bone is strongly hooked and has four robust spines, the front facing forwards and the other three face rearwards. The adults are sexually dimorphic and the mature males have elongate rays in their dorsal and caudal fins. The second dorsal fin is yellowish with bright blue longitudinal stripes and they have bright blue marks on the head and bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synchiropus Ocellatus
The ocellated dragonet or scooter dragonet (''Neosynchiropus ocellatus'') is a species of tropical marine fish in the family Callionymidae. It is native to the southwest Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to the Marquesan Islands. Name The scooter dragonet is often referred to as the ocellated dragonet and, in the aquarium trade, as the scooter blenny. This often causes confusion because many then believe that the species is a member of the blenny family when it is actually not. The same species is also occasionally listed under the scientific name ''Neosynchiropus ocellatus'', and many mistakenly believe they are separate species. Description The scooter dragonet grows to approximately long. Viewed from above, it is distinctly diamond-shaped with the horizontal pectoral fins located at its widest point. It is brown and tan with a striped or spotted pattern- males are usually more colorful and have a large sail-like dorsal fin that is bright orange at the base. Habitat The scoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplogrammus
''Diplogrammus'' is a genus of dragonets. Species There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: * '' Diplogrammus goramensis'' ( Bleeker, 1858) (Goram dragonet) * '' Diplogrammus gruveli'' J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Gruvel's dragonet) * '' Diplogrammus infulatus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Indian Ocean fold dragonet) * '' Diplogrammus pauciradiatus'' (Gill, 1865) (Spotted dragonet) * '' Diplogrammus paucispinis'' R. Fricke & Bogorodsky, 2014 (Saudi Arabian dragonet) Fricke, R., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2014): Review of the genus ''Diplogrammus'' (Teleostei: Callionymidae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species from Saudi Arabia. ''Journal of Natural History, 48 (39-40): 2419-2448.'' * '' Diplogrammus pygmaeus'' R. Fricke, 1981 (Pygmy dragonet) * '' Diplogrammus randalli'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Randall's fold dragonet) * '' Diplogrammus xenicus'' ( D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914) (Japanese fold dragonet) ''D. pauciradiatus'' is sometimes placed in its own mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draculo
''Draculo'' is a genus of dragonets found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Draculo celetus'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1963) (Dainty dragonet) * ''Draculo maugei'' (J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ..., 1966) (Maugé's dragone) * '' Draculo mirabilis'' Snyder, 1911 (Wonder dragonet) * '' Draculo pogognathus'' ( Gosline, 1959) (Hawaiian wonder dragonet) * '' Draculo shango'' ( W. P. Davis & C. R. Robins, 1966) (Shango dragonet) References Callionymidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder {{Callionymidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draconettidae
The Draconettidae, slope dragonets, are a small family (about 12-14 species) of fish in the order Perciformes. They are found in temperate to tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and western Pacific Oceans. They are closely related to, and appear similar to, the fish of the Callionymidae. They are small fish, the largest species reaching long. Like the callionymids, they are bottom-dwelling fish, and usually sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic. Ecology and behavior Not much is known about the ecology of slope dragonets. The Ichthyoplankton, larvae are planktonic, while adults live in the benthic zone on soft bottoms from the edge of the Continental_shelf#Topography, outer continental shelf and on seamounts down to around deep. See also *List of fish families References External links * Smith, J.B.L. 1963Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 28 Department of Ich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neosynchiropus
''Neosynchiropus'' is a small genus of Indo-Pacific dragonets. This genus is considered by some authorities to be a synonym of ''Synchiropus''. Species There are three species classified as being members of the genus ''Neosynchiropus'': * '' Neosynchiropus bacescui'' Nalbant, 1979 * '' Neosynchiropus ijimae'' (Jordan & Thompson, 1914) (Japanese dragonet) * '' Neosynchiropus ocellatus'' (Pallas Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas * Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology * Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena * Pa ..., 1770) (Ocellated dragonet) References {{taxobar, from=Q2097804 Marine fish genera Taxa named by Teodor T. Nalbant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foetorepus
''Foetorepus'' is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of ''Synchiropus''. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Foetorepus agassizii'' ( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1888) (Spotfin dragonet) * '' Foetorepus calauropomus'' ( J. Richardson, 1844) (Common stinkfish) * '' Foetorepus dagmarae'' ( R. Fricke, 1985) * '' Foetorepus garthi'' ( Seale, 1940) * ''Foetorepus kamoharai'' Nakabo, 1983 * ''Foetorepus masudai'' Nakabo, 1987 * ''Foetorepus paxtoni'' ( R. Fricke, 2000) * ''Foetorepus phasis'' ( Günther, 1880) (Bight stinkfish) * ''Foetorepus talarae'' (Hildebrand Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword" ... & F. O. Barton, 1949) References Callionymidae Marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocallionymus
The painted stinkfish or painted dragonet (''Eocallionymus papilio'') is a species of dragonet endemic to the Indian Ocean coasts of Australia and Tasmania where it is found at a depth of about . This species grows to a length of TL. This species is the only known member of its genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino .... References painted stinkfish Marine fish of Southern Australia Fish described in 1864 Taxa named by Albert Günther Monotypic marine fish genera {{Callionymidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 to the east coast of India through the Malay Archipelago to the Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and A .... It can be found over shallow sandy and muddy substrates in the sea but has also been recorded entering the mouths of rivers and even to live in freshwater. References Callionymidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Fish described in 1837 Monotypic fish genera {{Callionymidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathycallionymus
The Kai Island deepwater dragonet (''Bathycallionymus kaianus'') is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from Zanzibar and the coast of East Africa to the western Pacific Ocean including southern Japan, the East China Sea and the Banda Sea. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Bathycallionymus. This species was formally described in 1880 as ''Callionymus kaianus'' by the German-born British zoologist Albert Günther with from a type collected off Kai Island in the Banda Sea during the Challenger expedition The ''Challenger'' expedition of 1872–1876 was a scientific programme that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the naval vessel that undertook the trip, . The expedition, initiated by W ... of 1872–1876. Some authorities still place this fish in the genus ''Callionymus''. References Callionymidae Marine fish genera Fish described in 1880 Taxa named by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percomorpha
Percomorpha () is an extremely large and diverse clade of ray-finned fish. With more than 17,000 known species (including Scombroidei, tuna, Syngnathiformes, seahorses, gobies, Cichlidae, cichlids, flatfish, Labridae, wrasse, Perciformes, perches, Lophiiformes, anglerfish, and Tetraodontiformes, pufferfish) known from both marine and freshwater ecosystems, it is the most speciose clade of extant Vertebrate, vertebrates. Evolution Percomorpha are the most biodiversity, diverse group of teleost fish today. Teleosts, and percomorphs in particular, thrived during the Cenozoic Era (geology), era. Fossil evidence shows that there was a major increase in size and abundance of teleosts immediately after the mass extinction event at the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary ago. The oldest known percomorph fossils are of the early Tetraodontiformes, tetraodontiforms ''Protriacanthus'' and Cretatriacanthidae from the Santonian to Campanian of Italy and Slov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
