Callionymus Explained

Callionymus is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.

Species

There are currently 110 recognized species in this genus:

• Callionymus aagilis R. Fricke, 1999 (Slow dragonet)
• Callionymus acutirostris R. Fricke, 1981 (Pointed dragonet)
• Callionymus afilum R. Fricke, 2000 (Northern Australian longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus africanus (Kotthaus, 1977) (African deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus alisae R. Fricke, 2016 (Alis dragonet) ^[1]
• Callionymus altipinnis R. Fricke, 1981 (High-fin deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus amboina Suwardji, 1965 (Ambon darter dragonet)
• Callionymus annulatus M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Big-head dragonet)
• Callionymus australis R. Fricke, 1983 (Australian dragonet)
• Callionymus bairdi D. S. Jordan, 1888 (Lancer dragonet)
• Callionymus belcheri J. Richardson, 1844 (Belcher's dragonet)
• Callionymus beniteguri D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 (White-spotted dragonet)
• Callionymus bentuviai R. Fricke, 1981 (Ben-Tuvia's deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus bifilum R. Fricke, 2000 (Northwestern Australian deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus bleekeri R. Fricke, 1983 (Bleeker's deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus boucheti R. Fricke, 2017 (Bouchet's dragonet)
• Callionymus brevianalis R. Fricke, 1983 (Small ruddertail dragonet)
• Callionymus caeruleonotatus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Blue-spotted dragonet)
• Callionymus carebares Alcock, 1890 (Indian deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus colini R. Fricke, 1993 (Tiny New Guinea longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus comptus J. E. Randall, 1999 (Ornamented dragonet)
• Callionymus cooperi Regan, 1908 (Cooper's dragonet)
• Callionymus curvicornis Valenciennes, 1837 (Horn dragonet)
• Callionymus curvispinis R. Fricke & Zaiser, 1993 (Izu ruddertail dragonet)
• Callionymus decoratus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Decorated dragonet)
• Callionymus delicatulus J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Delicate dragonet)
• Callionymus doryssus (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903) (Japanese filamentous dragonet)
• Callionymus draconis Nakabo, 1977 (Japanese spiny dragonet)
• Callionymus enneactis Bleeker, 1879 (Mangrove dragonet)
• Callionymus erythraeus E. Ninni, 1934 (Small-head dragonet)
• Callionymus fasciatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Banded dragonet)
• Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837 (Blotch-fin dragonet)
• Callionymus flavus R. Fricke, 1983 (Yellow ruddertail dragonet)
• Callionymus fluviatilis F. Day, 1876 (River dragonet)
• Callionymus formosanus R. Fricke, 1981 (Taiwanese deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus futuna R. Fricke, 1998 (Futuna deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus gardineri Regan, 1908 (Long-tail dragonet)
• Callionymus goodladi (Whitley, 1944) (Goodlad's dragonet)
• Callionymus grossi J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Gross' dragonet)
• Callionymus guentheri R. Fricke, 1981 (Günther's deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus hainanensis S. C. Li, 1966 (Hainan darter dragonet)
• Callionymus hildae R. Fricke, 1981 (Hilde's darter dragonet)
• Callionymus hindsii J. Richardson, 1844 (Hinds' dragonet)
• Callionymus ikedai (Nakabo, Senou & Aizawa, 1998) (Ryukyu ruddertail dragonet)
• Callionymus io R. Fricke, 1983 (Andaman Sea spiny dragonet)
• Callionymus izuensis R. Fricke & Zaiser, 1993 (Izu dragonet)
• Callionymus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 (Japanese longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus kailolae R. Fricke, 2000 (Kailola's deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus kanakorum R. Fricke, 2006 (Kanakorum dragonet)
• Callionymus keeleyi Fowler, 1941 (Keeley's dragonet)
• Callionymus koreanus (Nakabo, S. R. Jeon & S. C. Li, 1987) (Korean dragonet)
• Callionymus kotthausi R. Fricke, 1981 (Kotthaus’ deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus leucobranchialis Fowler, 1941 (White-gill dragonet)
• Callionymus leucopoecilus R. Fricke & C. L. Lee, 1993 (Korean darter dragonet)
• Callionymus limiceps J. D. Ogilby, 1908 (Rough-headed dragonet)
• Callionymus lunatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Moon dragonet)
• Callionymus luridus R. Fricke, 1981 (Macclesfield longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 (Dragonet)
• Callionymus macclesfieldensis R. Fricke, 1983 (Macclesfield dragonet)
• Callionymus macdonaldi J. D. Ogilby, 1911 (Australian darter dragonet)
• Callionymus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810 (Spotted dragonet)
• Callionymus madangensis R. Fricke, 2014 (Madang dragonet) ^[2]
• Callionymus margaretae Regan, 1905 (Margaret's dragonet)
• Callionymus marleyi Regan, 1919 (Sand dragonet)
• Callionymus marquesensis R. Fricke, 1989 (Marquesas ruddertail dragonet)
• Callionymus martinae R. Fricke, 1981 (Martina's dragonet)
• Callionymus mascarenus R. Fricke, 1983 (Mauritius dragonet)
• Callionymus megastomus R. Fricke, 1982 (Indian megamouth dragonet)
• Callionymus melanotopterus Bleeker, 1850 (Indonesian flag dragonet)
• Callionymus meridionalis Suwardji, 1965 (White-flag dragonet)
• Callionymus moretonensis C. R. Johnson, 1971 (Queensland dragonet)
• Callionymus mortenseni Suwardji, 1965 (Mortensen's darter dragonet)
• Callionymus muscatensis Regan, 1905 (Muscat dragonet)
• Callionymus neptunius (Seale, 1910) (Long-tail dragonet)
• Callionymus obscurus R. Fricke, 1989 (Obscure dragonet)
• Callionymus ochiaii R. Fricke, 1981 (Japanese lowfin deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus octostigmatus R. Fricke, 1981 (Eight-spot dragonet)
• Callionymus ogilbyi R. Fricke, 2002 (Eastern Australian longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus omanensis R. Fricke, Jawad & Al-Mamry, 2014 (Oman dragonet) ^[3]
• Callionymus oxycephalus R. Fricke, 1980 (Red Sea spiny dragonet)
• Callionymus persicus Regan, 1905 (Persian dragonet)
• Callionymus petersi R. Fricke, 2016 (Peters's dragonet) ^[4]
• Callionymus planus Ochiai, 1955 (Japanese darter dragonet)
• Callionymus platycephalus R. Fricke, 1983 (Flat-head dragonet)
• Callionymus pleurostictus R. Fricke, 1982 (Blue-spotted ruddertail dragonet)
• Callionymus profundus R. Fricke & Golani, 2013 ^[5]
• Callionymus pusillus Delaroche, 1809 (Sail-fin dragonet)
• Callionymus regani Nakabo, 1979 (Regan's deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Reticulated dragonet)
• Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814 (Risso's dragonet)
• Callionymus rivatoni R. Fricke, 1993 (New Caledonian longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus russelli C. R. Johnson, 1976 (Russell's dragonet)
• Callionymus sagitta Pallas, 1770 (Arrow dragonet)
• Callionymus scaber McCulloch, 1926 (Lord Howe longtail dragonet)
• Callionymus scabriceps Fowler, 1941 (Jolo dragonet)
• Callionymus schaapii Bleeker, 1852 (Short-snout sand dragonet)
• Callionymus semeiophor R. Fricke, 1983 (Nusa Tenggara deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus sereti R. Fricke, 1998 (Séret's dragonet)
• Callionymus simplicicornis Valenciennes, 1837 (Simple-spined dragonet)
• Callionymus sokonumeri Kamohara, 1936 (Japanese highfin deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus sphinx R. Fricke & Heckele, 1984 (Sphinx dragonet)
• Callionymus stigmatopareius R. Fricke, 1981 (Mozambique dragonet)
• Callionymus sublaevis McCulloch, 1926 (Australian filamentous dragonet)
• Callionymus superbus R. Fricke, 1983 (Proud dragonet)
• Callionymus tenuis R. Fricke, 1981 (Tiny dragonet)
• Callionymus tethys R. Fricke, 1993 (Tethys dragonet)
• Callionymus umbrithorax Fowler, 1941 (Philippine darkthroat dragonet)
• Callionymus valenciennei Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Valenciennes’ dragonet)
• Callionymus whiteheadi R. Fricke, 1981 (Whitehead's deepwater dragonet)
• Callionymus zythros R. Fricke, 2000 (Wongat dragonet)
• Callionymus vyali Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian)^[6]

means extinct

Notes and References

1. Fricke, R. (2016): Callionymus alisae, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). FishTaxa, 1 (1): 55-66.
2. Fricke, R. (2014): Callionymus madangensis, a new species of dragonet from Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 13: 1-15.
3. Fricke, R., Jawad, L.A. & Al-Mamry, J.M. (2014): Callionymus omanensis, a new species of dragonet from Oman, north-western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 85 (5): 1303–1319.
4. Fricke, R. (2016): Callionymus petersi, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 21: 38–57.
5. Fricke, R. & Golani, D. (2013): Callionymus profundus n. sp., a new species of dragonet from the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat), Red Sea (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 6: 277–285.
6. Carolin . Nora . Bajpai . Sunil . Maurya . Abhayanand Singh . Schwarzhans . Werner . 2022 . New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India . PalZ . 10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9.