genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
dragonet
Dragonets are small, percomorph, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most ...
s found mostly in the
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
and
Pacific ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
s with a few
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
occurring in the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
.
Species
There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus:
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Callionymus aagilis
''Callionymus aagilis'', the slow dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean around Réunion and Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Maurit ...
Callionymus afilum
''Callionymus afilum'', the Northern Australian longtail dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean around Papua New Guinea and Australia.
References
Callionymus, A
Fish described in 2000
Taxa named by Ronald Fricke ...
Callionymus belcheri
''Callionymus belcheri'', Belcher's dragonet or the flathead dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean waters off of Australia and Papua New Guinea where it occurs at depths of from .
Description
''Callionymus belcheri'' ...
Callionymus carebares
The Indian deepwater dragonet (''Callionymus carebares'') is a species of dragonet native to the western Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's su ...
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1908 (Cooper's dragonet)
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Callionymus curvicornis
''Callionymus curvicornis'', the horn dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the ...
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Callionymus fluviatilis
The River dragonet (''Callionymus fluviatilis'') is a species of dragonet native to southern and southeastern Asia where it is found in the lower portions of rivers to the ocean. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This spe ...
Callionymus gardineri
The longtail dragonet (''Callionymus gardineri'') is a species of dragonet native to the western Indian Ocean. It can be found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of TL. The specific name honours the British zoologist John Stan ...
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Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
Callionymus guentheri
''Callionymus guentheri'', Günther's deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemic to the Pacific waters of the Philippines. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also ...
Callionymus hindsii
''Callionymus hindsii'', Hinds' dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs at depths down to . This species grows to a length of fish measurement, TL. The Specific name (zoology), ...
Callionymus ikedai
''Callionymus'' is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Callionymus aagilis'' R ...
Senou
Senou is a small town and seat of the commune of Kemekafo in the Cercle of Dioila in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤 ...
Callionymus izuensis
''Callionymus izuensis'', the Izu dragonet, is a species of dragonet which is endemism, endemic to the waters around the Izu Islands of Japan. It is found at depths of over substrates consisting of coarse sand, although sometimes coral rubble an ...
Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck ...
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Schlegel
Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), former American football linebacker
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
* Brad Schlege ...
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 bottom ...
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Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
,
1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...
, 1810 ( Spotted dragonet)
* '' Callionymus madangensis'' R. Fricke, 2014 (Madang dragonet) Fricke, R. (2014): ''Callionymus madangensis'', a new species of dragonet from Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). ''Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 13: 1-15.''
* '' Callionymus margaretae''
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
Callionymus martinae
''Callionymus martinae'', Martina's dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemism, endemic to the Pacific waters around Taiwan where it occurs at depths of from . The Specific name (zoology), specific name honours Miss Martina Wolf, of Braunschweig ...
Callionymus mascarenus
The Mauritius dragonet (''Callionymus mascarenus'') is a species of dragonet endemic to the Indian Ocean waters around Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Ma ...
Callionymus melanotopterus
''Callionymus melanotopterus'', the Indonesian flag dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific waters of Indonesia where it inhabits estuaries.
References
Callionymus, M
Fish described in 1851
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Callionymus meridionalis
''Callionymus meridionalis'', the whiteflag dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the western Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in th ...
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
Jawad
Jawad is a Tehsil and a Nagar Panchayat in Neemuch district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
There are six towns and 105 villages in Jawad.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th India ...
& Al-Mamry, 2014 (Oman dragonet) Fricke, R., Jawad, L.A. & Al-Mamry, J.M. (2014): ''Callionymus omanensis'', a new species of dragonet from Oman, north-western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). ''Journal of Fish Biology, 85 (5): 1303–1319.''
* '' Callionymus oxycephalus'' R. Fricke, 1980 (Red Sea spiny dragonet)
* '' Callionymus persicus''
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1905 (Persian dragonet)
* '' Callionymus petersi'' R. Fricke, 2016 (Peters's dragonet) Fricke, R. (2016): ''Callionymus petersi'', a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). ''Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 38–57.''
* '' Callionymus planus''
Ochiai Ochiai (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese judoka, karateka and writer
*, Japanese baseball player and manager
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese film director
*, Japanese ...
, 1955 (Japanese darter dragonet)
* '' Callionymus platycephalus'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Flat-head dragonet)
* '' Callionymus pleurostictus'' R. Fricke, 1982 (Blue-spotted ruddertail dragonet)
* '' Callionymus profundus'' R. Fricke & Golani, 2013 Fricke, R. & Golani, D. (2013): ''Callionymus profundus'' n. sp., a new species of dragonet from the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat), Red Sea (Teleostei: Callionymidae). ''Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 6: 277–285.''
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Callionymus pusillus
The sailfin dragonet (''Callionymus pusillus'') is a species of dragonet common in the Eastern Atlantic, where it occurs on the Portugal, Portuguese coast to as far north as Lisbon and south to Morocco, and also in the northern Mediterranean inc ...
Callionymus regani
''Callionymus regani'', Regan’s deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet known only from the Saya de Malha Bank in the Indian Ocean at depths of around . The specific name honours the British ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943).
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1837 (Reticulated dragonet)
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Callionymus risso
Risso's dragonet (''Callionymus risso'') is a species of dragonet native to the Mediterranean Sea as well as the Black Sea and rarely found off of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean. This species can be found at depths of from . Males of this speci ...
Callionymus sagitta
The arrow dragonet (''Callionymus sagitta''), also known as the arrow-headed darter dragonet, is a species of dragonet widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines. Occurs in the Mekong delta of Viet Nam and proba ...
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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
* Pall ...
McCulloch
McCulloch is a Scottish surnames, Scottish surname. It's a variation of the Northern Irish surname McCullough. It's commonly found in Galloway.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician
*Alan ...
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Callionymus semeiophor'' R. Fricke, 1983 (Nusa Tenggara deepwater dragonet)
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Callionymus sereti
''Callionymus sereti'', Séret’s dragonet, is a species of dragonet endemism, endemic to the Pacific Ocean around Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), Futuna Island where it occurs at depths of from . The Specific name (zoology), specific name honours B ...
Callionymus simplicicornis
''Callionymus simplicicornis'', the simple-spined dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the tropical Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean ...
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1837 (Simple-spined dragonet)
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Callionymus sokonumeri
''Callionymus'' is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Callionymus aagilis'' R ...
McCulloch
McCulloch is a Scottish surnames, Scottish surname. It's a variation of the Northern Irish surname McCullough. It's commonly found in Galloway.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician
*Alan ...
Callionymus tenuis
''Callionymus tenuis'', also known as the tiny dragonet, is a small species of fish found in the Indian Ocean around the Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ...
Callionymus tethys
''Callionymus tethys'', the Tethys dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific waters around New Caledonia.
References
Callionymus, T
Fish described in 1993
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Callionymus umbrithorax
''Callionymus umbrithorax'', the Philippine darkthroat dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific waters of the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Rep ...
Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck ...
&
Schlegel
Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), former American football linebacker
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
* Brad Schlege ...
Callionymus vyali
''Callionymus'' is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Callionymus aagilis'' R. Fricke, 199 ...
'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian)
means extinct