Calliurichthys

Calliurichthys is a subgenus of Callionymus, a genus dragonets, native to the western Pacific Ocean. Some authorities consider it to be a valid genus.

Calliurichthys
Callionymus izuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Callionymidae
Genus:	Callionymus
Subgenus:	Calliurichthys D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903
Type species
Callionymus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this subgenus:^[1]

• Callionymus izuensis (R. Fricke & Zaiser Brownell, 1993)
• Callionymus scaber (McCulloch, 1926)