Check List 21(1): 68-71, doi: 10.15560/21.1.68
First specimen-based Indonesian record of the Wongat Dragonet Callionymus zythros Fricke, 2000 (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Callionymidae) from Saparua Island, the Moluccas
expand article infoRuby V. Kusumah‡, Gino V. Limmon§|, Agus Priyadi‡, Dwi Febrianti‡, Kunto Wibowo#
‡ National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong, Indonesia§ Pattimura University, Ambon, Indonesia| Center for Collaborative Research on Aquatic Ecosystem in Eastern Indonesia, Ambon, Indonesia¶ Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia# The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Corresponding author: Kunto Wibowo ( kuntowe@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Zeehan Jaafar
© Ruby V. Kusumah, Gino V. Limmon, Agus Priyadi, Dwi Febrianti, Kunto Wibowo.
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Citation: Kusumah RV, Limmon GV, Priyadi A, Febrianti D, Wibowo K (2025) First specimen-based Indonesian record of the Wongat Dragonet Callionymus zythros Fricke, 2000 (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Callionymidae) from Saparua Island, the Moluccas. Check List 21(1): 68-71. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.68
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Abstract
A single male dragonet (32.3 mm standard length) (Callionymidae), collected from Saparua Island, the Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, is identified as Callionymus zythros Fricke, 2000. This specimen is the westernmost record of the species, which was previously known only from two localities, Wongat Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea and Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia.
Keywords
Distribution, Eastern Indonesia, fish fauna, morphology, voucher specimen