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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species:
C. filamentosus
Binomial name
Callionymus filamentosus

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callionymus filamentosus". FishBase. February 2013 version.