Eleutherochir

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Eleutherochir
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Eleutherochir
Bleeker, 1879
Type species
Callionymus opercularioides
Bleeker, 1851

Eleutherochir is a genus of dragonets native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Eleutherochir mirabilis (Snyder, 1911)
  • Eleutherochir opercularis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Flap-gilled dragonet)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Eleutherochir in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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