Callionymus africanus
species of fish
Callionymus africanus, the African deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the western Indian Ocean where it occurs at depths of from 178 to 220 metres (584 to 722 ft) off Kenya and Zanzibar and over the Chain Ridge seamount.
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