WoRMS taxon details
Callionymidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus Anaora Gray, 1835
- Genus Bathycallionymus Nakabo, 1982
- Genus Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Calliurichthys Jordan & Fowler, 1903
- Genus Chalinops Smith, 1963
- Genus Dactylopus Gill, 1859
- Genus Diplogrammus Gill, 1865
- Genus Draculo Snyder, 1911
- Genus Eleutherochir Bleeker, 1879
- Genus Eocallionymus Nakabo, 1982
- Genus Foetorepus Whitley, 1931
- Genus Minysynchiropus Nakabo, 1982
- Genus Neosynchiropus Nalbant, 1979
- Genus Paracallionymus Barnard, 1927
- Genus Protogrammus Fricke, 1985
- Genus Pseudocalliurichthys Nakabo, 1982
- Genus Repomucenus Whitley, 1931
- Genus Spinicapitichthys Fricke, 1980
- Genus Synchiropus Gill, 1859
- Genus Callimucenus Whitley, 1934 accepted as Repomucenus Whitley, 1931
- Genus Callionymnus accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Callyonimus accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Calymmichthys Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Diplogrammus Gill, 1865
- Genus Charibarbitus Smith, 1963 accepted as Draculo Snyder, 1911
- Genus Clathropus Smith, 1966 accepted as Draculo Snyder, 1911
- Genus Collyonimus accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Foeturepus accepted as Foetorepus Whitley, 1931 (misspelling)
- Genus Orbonymus Whitley, 1947 accepted as Synchiropus Gill, 1859
- Genus Paradiplogrammus Nakabo, 1982 accepted as Callionymus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Genus Pogonymus Gosline, 1959 accepted as Draculo Snyder, 1911
- Genus Pterosynchiropus Nakabo, 1982 accepted as Synchiropus Gill, 1859
- Genus Synchirops accepted as Synchiropus Gill, 1859 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tropical, benthic. Distribution: Mainly Indo-West Pacific. Small gill opening on upper side of head. A strong spine in...
Description Tropical, benthic. Distribution: Mainly Indo-West Pacific. Small gill opening on upper side of head. A strong spine in preopercle. Operculum and suboperculum without spines. Lateral line present. Pectoral skeleton with 3 radials. Basisphenoid or posttemporal usually lacking. Nasal bones paired. Postcleithra 2. Hypurals fused. Spines in dorsal fin usaully 4; soft rays 6-11. Anal fin soft rays 4-10. About 25 cm maximum length. Commonly sexually dimorphic. Colorful. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Callionymidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125522 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Tropical, benthic. Distribution: Mainly Indo-West Pacific. Small gill opening on upper side of head. A strong spine in preopercle. Operculum and suboperculum without spines. Lateral line present. Pectoral skeleton with 3 radials. Basisphenoid or posttemporal usually lacking. Nasal bones paired. Postcleithra 2. Hypurals fused. Spines in dorsal fin usaully 4; soft rays 6-11. Anal fin soft rays 4-10. About 25 cm maximum length. Commonly sexually dimorphic. Colorful. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dragonets | [details] |
| German | Leierfische | [details] |
| Japanese | ネズッポ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | fløyfiskfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | fløyfiskfamilien | [details] |
| Russian | морские мышиЛировые | [details] |
