Biology:Dactylopus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Dactylopus
Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus 2.jpg
Fingered Dragonet (D. dactylopus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Dactylopus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Callionymus dactylopus
Valenciennes 1837

Dactylopus is a genus of dragonets native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Dactylopus dactylopus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Fingered dragonet)
  • Dactylopus kuiteri (R. Fricke, 1992) (Orange-black dragonet)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dactylopus in FishBase. February 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5258458 entry