| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837 | |
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. It has since been observed in Cyprus, Lebanon, Turkey and Rhodes (Greece). This species occurs at depths from 16 to 350 m and can grows to a length of 20 cm.
References
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Callionymus filamentosus | |
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