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Sailfin dragonet

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Callionymidae

Scientific name
  
Callionymus pusillus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Callionymus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Risso’s dragonet, Callionymus, Narrow‑snouted pipefish, Bucchich's goby, Lepadogaster candolii

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Callionymus pusillus, the Sailfin dragonet, is a species of dragonet common in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: Portuguese coast to as far north as Lisbon; also known from the northern Mediterranean including the Adriatic, Aegean and Black seas as well as Lebanon and Israel. Males of this species grows to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL while females reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

References

Sailfin dragonet Wikipedia