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Definition of Callionymidae
1. Noun. Dragonets.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Dragonet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Callionymidae
Literary usage of Callionymidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"JORDAN, DS and FOWLER, HW A Review of the Dragonets (Callionymidae) and Related
Fishes of the Waters of Japan. Proc. ..."
2. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1904)
"... of the Bermuda Natural History Society, that one specimen had been taken during
the spring in Hamilton Harbor. Callionymidae. ..."
3. A List of Works on North American Fungi by William Gilson Farlow, William Trelease (1888)
"A list of American species of Gobiidae and Callionymidae, with notes on the
specimens contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. ..."
4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The Callionymidae include the Dragonets, fishes with a rather i)rao-0- small and
protractile mouth, a narrow gill opening, and a scaleless nets. skin. ..."