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Callionymus platycephalus Fricke, 1983

Flathead dragonet
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Common names: Flathead dragonet
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Visayan Sea, USNM 231409 (holotype of Callionymus platycephalus, 7.98 cm SL, male) (Ref. 34729). Also Ref. 75992.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1983
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name ;  platycephalus: Named for its depressed head..
  More on author: Fricke.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 48 m (Ref. 34729).   Tropical

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