Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Callionymidae | Paradiplogrammus bairdii | (Jordan) | 1888 | Lancer Dragonet |
Paradiplogrammus bairdii
Unique Characters: Ventrolateral dermal fold absent. Seven or more anal-fin rays. Preopercular spine with an antrorse ventral spine and three or more upward directed spines.
Similar Species:
Spotted Dragonet
Diplogrammus pauciradiatus
Spotfin Dragonet
Foetorepus agassizii
Spotted Dragonet Diplogrammus pauciradiatus. A long, horizontal fold of skin along body ventrolaterally. Four anal-fin rays.
Spotfin Dragonet Foetorepus agassizii. Ventrolateral dermal fold absent. Seven or more anal-fin rays. Antrorse ventral spine lacking and usually only two upward directed spines at posterior preopercular tip.
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