The blotchfin dragonet (Callionymus filamentosus) is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It also now occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, where it was first recorded in 1953 off Israel.[1] It has since been observed in Cyprus, Lebanon, Turkey and Rhodes (Greece).[2] This species occurs at depths from 16 to 350 m and can grows to a length of 20 cm.[3]
| Blotchfin dragonet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Callionymus |
| Species: | C. filamentosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837
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References
edit- ^ F.D. Por (1978). Lessepsian Migration: The Influx of Red Sea Biota into the Mediterranean by Way of the Suez Canal Volume 23 of Ecological Studies (2012 reprint). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 104. ISBN 3642667287.
- ^ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Callionymus filamentosus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Callionymus_filamentosus.pdf
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callionymus filamentosus". FishBase. February 2013 version.