High-finned dragonet

High-finned dragonet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Callionymoidei
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Orbonymus
Whitley, 1947 [1]
Species: O. rameus
Binomial name
Orbonymus rameus
(McCulloch, 1926)
Synonyms

Callionymus rameus McCulloch, 1926
Synchiropus rameus McCulloch, 1926

High-finned dragonet, Orbonymus rameus, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of northwestern Australia as well as New Caledonia where it favors substrates consisting of sand or rubble. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. (2013): An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa, 3696 (1): 1-293.
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