''Callionymus japonicus'', the Japanese longtail dragonet, is a
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 ...
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 the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
where it is found at a depth of around . This species grows to a length of
SL.
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Fish described in 1782
Taxa named by Martinus Houttuyn
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