| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Callionymidae | Paradiplogrammus bairdii | (Jordan) | 1888 | Lancer Dragonet |
Paradiplogrammus bairdii
Unique Characters: Body mottled. First dorsal fin high and wide. Ventrolateral dermal fold (keel) absent. Seven or more anal-fin rays. Preopercular spine with an forward-projecting ventral spine and three or more upward directed spines.
Similar Species:
Spotted Dragonet
Diplogrammus pauciradiatus
Spotfin Dragonet
Foetorepus agassizii
Spotted Dragonet Diplogrammus pauciradiatus. Body tan, mottled; reticulated below. A long, horizontal fold (keel) of skin along body ventrolaterally from abdomen to caudal fin and with rows of spots. Preopercular spine with three teeth. Four anal-fin rays.
Spotfin Dragonet Foetorepus agassizii. Body orange-red with yellow markings on fins. Ocellated black spot in first dorsal fin. Ventrolateral dermal fold (keel) 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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