Callionymus filamentosus

Valenciennes, 1837

Chordata » Perciformes » Callionymidae » Callionymus filamentosus

Common name (English)

Blotchfin dragonet

Common name (Greek)

Καλλιώνυμος φυλλοειδής

Common name (Turkish)

Üzgün balığı

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and eastward to Taiwan. Migrated to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal (Ref. 5385). 156292 0

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Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

First detection year

2016

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=225

Pathway

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Pathway detail

Suez Canal

References

Michailidis N, Thasitis I (2018) First record of Callionymus filamentosus from Cyprus. In: Yokes et al. 2018. New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November 2018). Mediterranean Marine Science 19(3): 673-689. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.19386

iNaturalist (2025) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54817570

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6