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Callionymus formosanus

Callionymus formosanus, the Taiwanese deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean from the South China Sea as well as around southern Japan and the Chesterfield Islands. This species grows to a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.

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Callionymus formosanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
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C. formosanus
Binomial name
Callionymus formosanus
R. Fricke, 1981

Callionymus formosanus, the Taiwanese deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean from the South China Sea as well as around southern Japan and the Chesterfield Islands. This species grows to a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.1

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