''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'' 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 darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus annulatus'' Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Big-head dragonet) * ''Callionymus australis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Australian dragonet) * ''Callionymus bairdi'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan, 1888 (Lancer dragonet) * ''Callionymus belcheri'' John Richardson (naturalist), J. Richardson, 1844 (Belcher's dragonet) * ''Callionymus beniteguri'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & John Otterbein Snyder, Snyder, 1900 (White-spotted dragonet) * ''Callionymus bentuviai'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Ben-Tuvia's deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus bifilum'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2000 (Northwestern Australian deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus bleekeri'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Bleeker's deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus boucheti'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2017 (Bouchet's dragonet) * ''Callionymus brevianalis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Small ruddertail dragonet) * ''Callionymus caeruleonotatus'' Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Blue-spotted dragonet) * ''Callionymus carebares'' Alfred William Alcock, Alcock, 1890 (Indian deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus colini'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1993 (Tiny New Guinea longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus comptus'' John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1999 (Ornamented dragonet) * ''Callionymus cooperi'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1908 (Cooper's dragonet) * ''Callionymus curvicornis'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1837 (Horn dragonet) * ''Callionymus curvispinis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke & Martha Janet Zaiser Brownell, Zaiser, 1993 (Izu ruddertail dragonet) * ''Callionymus decoratus'' (Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Decorated dragonet) * ''Callionymus delicatulus'' James Leonard Brierley Smith, J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Delicate dragonet) * ''Callionymus doryssus'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1903) (Japanese filamentous dragonet) * ''Callionymus draconis'' Tetsuji Nakabo, Nakabo, 1977 (Japanese spiny dragonet) * ''Callionymus enneactis'' Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1879 (Mangrove dragonet) * ''Callionymus erythraeus'' Emilio Ninni, E. Ninni, 1934 (Small-head dragonet) * ''Callionymus fasciatus'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1837 (Banded dragonet) * ''Callionymus filamentosus'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1837 (Blotch-fin dragonet) * ''Callionymus flavus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Yellow ruddertail dragonet) * ''Callionymus fluviatilis'' Francis Day, F. Day, 1876 (River dragonet) * ''Callionymus formosanus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Taiwanese deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus futuna'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1998 (Futuna deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus gardineri'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1908 (Long-tail dragonet) * ''Callionymus goodladi'' (Gilbert Percy Whitley, Whitley, 1944) (Goodlad's dragonet) * ''Callionymus grossi'' James Douglas Ogilby, J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Gross' dragonet) * ''Callionymus guentheri'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Günther's deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus hainanensis'' Li Sze-Chung, S. C. Li, 1966 (Hainan darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus hildae'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Hilde's darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus hindsii'' John Richardson (naturalist), J. Richardson, 1844 (Hinds' dragonet) * ''Callionymus ikedai'' (Tetsuji Nakabo, Nakabo, Hiroshi Senou, Senou & Masahiro Aizawa, Aizawa, 1998) (Ryukyu ruddertail dragonet) * ''Callionymus io'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Andaman Sea spiny dragonet) * ''Callionymus izuensis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke & Martha Janet Zaiser Brownell, Zaiser, 1993 (Izu dragonet) * ''Callionymus japonicus'' Martinus Houttuyn, Houttuyn, 1782 (Japanese longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus kailolae'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2000 (Kailola's deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus kanakorum'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2006 (Kanakorum dragonet) * ''Callionymus keeleyi'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 (Keeley's dragonet) * ''Callionymus koreanus'' (Tetsuji Nakabo, Nakabo, Sang-Rin Jeon, S. R. Jeon & Li Sze-Chung, S. C. Li, 1987) (Korean dragonet) * ''Callionymus kotthausi'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Kotthaus’ deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus leucobranchialis'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 (White-gill dragonet) * ''Callionymus leucopoecilus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke & Chung-Lyul Lee, C. L. Lee, 1993 (Korean darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus limiceps'' James Douglas Ogilby, J. D. Ogilby, 1908 (Rough-headed dragonet) * ''Callionymus lunatus'' Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, Schlegel, 1845 (Moon dragonet) * ''Callionymus luridus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Macclesfield longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus lyra'' Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 (Dragonet) * ''Callionymus macclesfieldensis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Macclesfield dragonet) * ''Callionymus macdonaldi'' James Douglas Ogilby, J. D. Ogilby, 1911 (Australian darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus maculatus'' Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Rafinesque, 1810 (Spotted dragonet) * ''Callionymus madangensis'' Ronald Fricke, 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'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1905 (Margaret's dragonet) * ''Callionymus marleyi'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1919 (Sand dragonet) * ''Callionymus marquesensis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1989 (Marquesas ruddertail dragonet) * ''Callionymus martinae'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Martina's dragonet) * ''Callionymus mascarenus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Mauritius dragonet) * ''Callionymus megastomus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1982 (Indian megamouth dragonet) * ''Callionymus melanotopterus'' Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1850 (Indonesian flag dragonet) * ''Callionymus meridionalis'' Suwardji (ichthyologist), Suwardji, 1965 (White-flag dragonet) * ''Callionymus moretonensis'' Clifford Ray Johnson, C. R. Johnson, 1971 (Queensland dragonet) * ''Callionymus mortenseni'' Suwardji (ichthyologist), Suwardji, 1965 (Mortensen's darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus muscatensis'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1905 (Muscat dragonet) * ''Callionymus neptunius'' (Alvin Seale, Seale, 1910) (Long-tail dragonet) * ''Callionymus obscurus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1989 (Obscure dragonet) * ''Callionymus ochiaii'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Japanese lowfin deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus octostigmatus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Eight-spot dragonet) * ''Callionymus ogilbyi'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2002 (Eastern Australian longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus omanensis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, Laith Abd Jalil Jawad Al-Hassan, Jawad & Juma Mohamed Al-Mamry, 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'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1980 (Red Sea spiny dragonet) * ''Callionymus persicus'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1905 (Persian dragonet) * ''Callionymus petersi'' Ronald Fricke, 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'' Akira Ochiai, Ochiai, 1955 (Japanese darter dragonet) * ''Callionymus platycephalus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Flat-head dragonet) * ''Callionymus pleurostictus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1982 (Blue-spotted ruddertail dragonet) * ''Callionymus profundus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke & Daniel Golani, 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.'' * ''Callionymus pusillus'' François Étienne Delaroche, Delaroche, 1809 (Sail-fin dragonet) * ''Callionymus regani'' Tetsuji Nakabo, Nakabo, 1979 (Regan's deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus reticulatus'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1837 (Reticulated dragonet) * ''Callionymus risso'' Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Lesueur, 1814 (Risso's dragonet) * ''Callionymus rivatoni'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1993 (New Caledonian longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus russelli'' Clifford Ray Johnson, C. R. Johnson, 1976 (Russell's dragonet) * ''Callionymus sagitta'' Peter Simon Pallas, Pallas, 1770 (Arrow dragonet) * ''Callionymus scaber'' Allan Riverstone McCulloch, McCulloch, 1926 (Lord Howe longtail dragonet) * ''Callionymus scabriceps'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 (Jolo dragonet) * ''Callionymus schaapii'' Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1852 (Short-snout sand dragonet) * ''Callionymus semeiophor'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Nusa Tenggara deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus sereti'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1998 (Séret's dragonet) * ''Callionymus simplicicornis'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1837 (Simple-spined dragonet) * ''Callionymus sokonumeri'' Toshiji Kamohara, Kamohara, 1936 (Japanese highfin deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus sphinx'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke & Ulrike Heckele, Heckele, 1984 (Sphinx dragonet) * ''Callionymus stigmatopareius'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Mozambique dragonet) * ''Callionymus sublaevis'' Allan Riverstone McCulloch, McCulloch, 1926 (Australian filamentous dragonet) * ''Callionymus superbus'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1983 (Proud dragonet) * ''Callionymus tenuis'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Tiny dragonet) * ''Callionymus tethys'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1993 (Tethys dragonet) * ''Callionymus umbrithorax'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 (Philippine darkthroat dragonet) * ''Callionymus valenciennei'' Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, Schlegel, 1845 (Valenciennes’ dragonet) * ''Callionymus whiteheadi'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 1981 (Whitehead's deepwater dragonet) * ''Callionymus zythros'' Ronald Fricke, R. Fricke, 2000 (Wongat dragonet) * ''Callionymus vyali'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian) means extinct

References

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