River dragonet

River dragonet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species: C. fluviatilis
Binomial name
Callionymus fluviatilis
F. Day, 1876

Callionymus fluviatilis, the River dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to southern and southeastern Asia where it is found in the lower portions of rivers to the ocean. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Callionymus fluviatilis" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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