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Risso's dragonet
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Callionymiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Callionymus
Species:	C. risso
Binomial name
Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814
Synonyms
Callionymus belenus Risso, 1827 Callionymus morissonii Risso, 1827 Callionymus rissoi Lesueur, 1814

Risso's dragonet (Callionymus risso) is a species of dragonet native to the Mediterranean Sea as well as the Black Sea and rarely found off of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean. This species can be found at depths of from 15 to 150 metres (49 to 492 ft). Males of this species grows to a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL while females reach a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in).

References

1. Herler, J. A; Williams, J.T. & Kovacic, M. (2014). "Callionymus risso". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T198637A44760094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T198637A44760094.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callionymus risso". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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