Risso’s dragonet
(Callionymus risso)

Image source: Roberto Pillon | inaturalist.org

Classification

Species: Callionymus risso
Genus: Callionymus
Family: Callionymidae - Dragonets
Order: Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Risso’s dragonet
Habitat: Saltwater
Climate: Subtropical
Native to coasts of: Africa, Europe, Asia
Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Black sea

Callionymus risso 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).

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