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Callionymidae Bonaparte, 1831

125522  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125522)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Callionymiformes (Order)
  11. Callionymidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Anaora Gray, 1835
  2. Genus Bathycallionymus Nakabo, 1982
  3. Genus Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Genus Calliurichthys Jordan & Fowler, 1903
  5. Genus Chalinops Smith, 1963
  6. Genus Dactylopus Gill, 1859
  7. Genus Diplogrammus Gill, 1865
  8. Genus Draculo Snyder, 1911
  9. Genus Eleutherochir Bleeker, 1879
  10. Genus Eocallionymus Nakabo, 1982
  11. Genus Foetorepus Whitley, 1931
  12. Genus Minysynchiropus Nakabo, 1982
  13. Genus Neosynchiropus Nalbant, 1979
  14. Genus Paracallionymus Barnard, 1927
  15. Genus Protogrammus Fricke, 1985
  16. Genus Pseudocalliurichthys Nakabo, 1982
  17. Genus Repomucenus Whitley, 1931
  18. Genus Spinicapitichthys Fricke, 1980
  19. Genus Synchiropus Gill, 1859
  20. Genus Callimucenus Whitley, 1934 accepted as Repomucenus Whitley, 1931
  21. Genus Callionymnus accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  22. Genus Callyonimus accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  23. Genus Calymmichthys Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Diplogrammus Gill, 1865
  24. Genus Charibarbitus Smith, 1963 accepted as Draculo Snyder, 1911
  25. Genus Clathropus Smith, 1966 accepted as Draculo Snyder, 1911
  26. Genus Collyonimus accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  27. Genus Foeturepus accepted as Foetorepus Whitley, 1931 (misspelling)
  28. Genus Orbonymus Whitley, 1947 accepted as Synchiropus Gill, 1859
  29. Genus Paradiplogrammus Nakabo, 1982 accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  30. Genus Pogonymus Gosline, 1959 accepted as Draculo Snyder, 1911
  31. Genus Pterosynchiropus Nakabo, 1982 accepted as Synchiropus Gill, 1859
  32. Genus Synchirops accepted as Synchiropus Gill, 1859 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tropical, benthic. Distribution: Mainly Indo-West Pacific. Small gill opening on upper side of head. A strong spine in...  
Description Tropical, benthic. Distribution: Mainly Indo-West Pacific. Small gill opening on upper side of head. A strong spine in preopercle. Operculum and suboperculum without spines. Lateral line present. Pectoral skeleton with 3 radials. Basisphenoid or posttemporal usually lacking. Nasal bones paired. Postcleithra 2. Hypurals fused. Spines in dorsal fin usaully 4; soft rays 6-11. Anal fin soft rays 4-10. About 25 cm maximum length. Commonly sexually dimorphic. Colorful.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Callionymidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125522 on 2025-03-31
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2021-06-30 09:12:51Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Tropical, benthic. Distribution: Mainly Indo-West Pacific. Small gill opening on upper side of head. A strong spine in preopercle. Operculum and suboperculum without spines. Lateral line present. Pectoral skeleton with 3 radials. Basisphenoid or posttemporal usually lacking. Nasal bones paired. Postcleithra 2. Hypurals fused. Spines in dorsal fin usaully 4; soft rays 6-11. Anal fin soft rays 4-10. About 25 cm maximum length. Commonly sexually dimorphic. Colorful.  [details]
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LanguageName 
English dragonets  [details]
German Leierfische  [details]
Japanese ネズッポ科  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål fløyfiskfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk fløyfiskfamilien  [details]
Russian морские мышиЛировые  [details]
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Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callionymidae FIN027331 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callionymidae FIN027331 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callionymidae FIN027331B Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callionymidae FIN027331B Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
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