Muscat dragonet

Muscat dragonet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species: C. muscatensis
Binomial name
Callionymus muscatensis
Regan, 1905

Callionymus muscatensis, the Muscat dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the southern portions of the Red sea and the Gulf of Oman. This species occurs at depths of from 40 to 70 metres (130 to 230 ft). This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[1]

References

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


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