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Long tail dragonet

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Callionymidae

Scientific name
  
Callionymus neptunius

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Callionymus

Rank
  
Species

Callionymus neptunius, the Long-tail dragon, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific waters around Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines where it occurs at depths of from 3 to 6 metres (9.8 to 19.7 ft). Males of this species grows to a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL while the females are smaller.

References

Long-tail dragonet Wikipedia