Red dragonet

Red dragonet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Callionymiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Foetorepus
Species:	F. altivelis
Binomial name
	Foetorepus altivelis; (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Synonyms
	Callionymus altivelis Temminck & Schlegel, 1845; Synchiropus altivelis Temminck & Schlegel, 1845;

The red dragonet (Foetorepus altivelis) is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs at depths of from 70 to 600 metres (230 to 1,970 ft). Males of this species reaches a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL while females only reach 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL. This species is of commercial importance to local fisheries.[1]

References

Kottelat, M. (2013): The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 27: 1-663.

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[1] Kottelat, M. (2013): The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 27: 1-663.