''Calliurichthys'' is a

subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...

of ''

Callionymus ''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, 19 ...

'', a genus

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, 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 ...

. Some authorities consider it to be a valid genus.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this subgenus: * ''

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 ...

'' ( R. Fricke & Zaiser Brownell, 1993) * '' Callionymus scaber'' (

McCulloch McCulloch is a 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 McLeod McCulloch ( ...

, 1926)

References

Callionymidae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Animal subgenera {{Callionymidae-stub