Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Callionymidae Dragonets

Genus: Diplogrammus

(See list of species below)


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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Diplogrammus goramensis (Bleeker, 1858)

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Diplogrammus goramensis
[Goram dragonet]

Photo by Fricke, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6.2 cm TL
Diplogrammus gruveli Smith, 1963

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Diplogrammus gruveli
[Gruvel's dragonet]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Diplogrammus infulatus Smith, 1963

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Diplogrammus infulatus
[Sawspine dragonet]

Photo by Albernas, J.I.H.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Diplogrammus pauciradiatus (Gill, 1865)

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Diplogrammus pauciradiatus
[Spotted dragonet]
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Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
 
Diplogrammus paucispinis
[Saudi Arabian dragonet]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.7 cm TL
Diplogrammus pygmaeus Fricke, 1981

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Diplogrammus pygmaeus
[Pygmy dragonet]

Photo by De Vroe, J.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Diplogrammus randalli Fricke, 1983

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Diplogrammus randalli
[Randall's fold dragonet]

Photo by Marco Chan@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 8 cm SL
Diplogrammus xenicus (Jordan & Thompson, 1914)

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Diplogrammus xenicus
[Japanese fold dragonet]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Diplogrammus goramensis Goram dragonet Pacific Ocean 10 TL 1858
Diplogrammus gruveli Gruvel's dragonet Western Indian Ocean 6.2 TL 1963
Diplogrammus infulatus Sawspine dragonet Western Indian Ocean 12 TL 1963
Diplogrammus pauciradiatus Spotted dragonet Western Atlantic 5 TL 1865
Diplogrammus paucispinis Saudi Arabian dragonet Western Indian Ocean 4.0 SL 2014
Diplogrammus pygmaeus Pygmy dragonet Western Indian Ocean 3.7 TL 1981
Diplogrammus randalli Randall's fold dragonet Western Indian Ocean 7 TL 1983
Diplogrammus xenicus Japanese fold dragonet Eastern Indian Ocean and 8 SL 1914



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