Callionymus izuensis

Callionymus izuensis, the Izu dragonet, is a species of dragonet which is endemic to the waters around the Izu Islands of Japan. It is found at depths of 16โ€“18 metres (52โ€“59 ft) over substrates consisting of coarse sand, although sometimes coral rubble and broken shells may form part of the habitat.[1] It was originally described as a subspecies of Callionymus persicus from the western Indian Ocean and has also been placed in the genus Calliurichthys by some authorities.[2]

Callionymus izuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Species:
C. izuensis
Binomial name
Callionymus izuensis
Frick and Brownell, 1993
Synonyms

Calliurichthys izuensis (Fricke & Zaiser Brownell, 1993)

References

  1. Ronald Fricke & Martha Zaiser Brownell (1993). "Two new dragonets of the genus Callionymus (Callionymidae) and a record of Callionymus corallinus from Miyake-jima, Izu Islands, Japan". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 40 (1): 1โ€“10.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Callionymus izuensis" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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