High-finned dragonet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Callionymoidei |
Family: | Callionymidae |
Genus: |
Orbonymus Whitley, 1947 |
Species: | O. rameus |
Binomial name | |
Orbonymus rameus (McCulloch, 1926) |
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Synonyms | |
Callionymus rameus McCulloch, 1926 |
Callionymus rameus McCulloch, 1926
Synchiropus rameus McCulloch, 1926
High-finned dragonet, Orbonymus rameus, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of northwestern Australia as well as New Caledonia where it favors substrates consisting of sand or rubble. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.