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Risso’s dragonet

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Suborder
  
Callionymoidei

Scientific name
  
Callionymus risso

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Callionymidae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Sailfin dragonet, Narrow‑snouted pipefish, Bucchich's goby, Pointed‑snout wrasse, Lepadogaster candolii

Callionymus risso, Risso's dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Mediterranean Sea as well as the Black Sea and rarely found off of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean. This species can be found at depths of from 15 to 150 metres (49 to 492 ft). Males of this species grows to a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL while females reach a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in).

References

Risso’s dragonet Wikipedia