Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Perciformes

family

Callionymidae

genus

Callionymus

species

Callionymus lyra

Name

Synonyms

Callionymus dracunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Callionymus elegans Lesueur, 1814

Callionymus sueurii Valenciennes, 1837

Uranoscopus micropterygius Gronow, 1854

Homonyms

Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

An tlascán nimhe in Irish

Bwgan Dŵr in Welsh

Bwganod Dwr in Welsh

Common dragonet in English

Dragoncello in Italian

Dragoncello in Italian

Dragoncillo in Spanish

Dragoncillo in Spanish

Dragonet in English

Dragonet in English

Dragonet in English

Dragonet Lyre in French

Dragonet lyre in French

Dragonnet lyre in French

Dragunett in Maltese

Dragó lira in Catalan–Valencian

Eiherazain arrunt in Basque

European dragonet in English

European dragonet in English

Flutura pikaloshe in Albanian

Fløifisk in Norwegian

Gestreifter Leierfisch in German

Gestreifter Leierfisch in German

Gewone pitvis in Dutch

Großer Leierfisch in German

Isomerikokki in Finnish

Leierfisch in German

Lira in Polish

Lira in Polish

Lireš in Slovenian

Mandarim-lira in Portuguese

Peixe-pau-lira in Portuguese

Peixe-pau-lira in Portuguese

Pisci diavulu in Italian

Pitvis in Dutch

Primita in Spanish

Primita in Spanish

Randig sjökock in Swedish

Skouêg in Breton

Skrautglitnir in Icelandic

Stribet Fløjfisk in Danish

Stribet fløjfisk in Danish

Vanlig fløyfisk in Norwegian

Vöödiline lüürakala in Estonian

Wizghha ta' l'ikhal in Maltese

Wizghha tal-bahar in Maltese

bwgan dwr in Welsh

bwgan dwr in Welsh

callionyme lyre in French

callionyme lyre in French

Bibliographic References

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