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Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name .
More on author: Rafinesque.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 45 - 650 m (Ref. 5968). Temperate; 65°N - 12°N, 25°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: southern and western Iceland and Norway south to Senegal. Also in the Mediterranean, including the Adriatic and Aegean but not in the Black Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128593); max. published weight: 36.57 g (Ref. 128593)
Gill cover with four spines. Diameter of eye slightly longer than the snout length. First dorsal fin in males slightly taller than the second dorsal fin. Four longitudinal spots in dorsal fin of male, two in female (Ref. 35388).
Benthic on sandy bottoms. Feeds on small bottom invertebrates mainly worms, snails and crustaceans. Eggs and larvae pelagic (Ref. 5968).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Fricke, R., 1986. Callionymidae. p. 1086-1093. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 3. (Ref. 5968)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 6.7 - 13, mean 8.6 °C (based on 245 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00753 - 0.01211), b=2.75 (2.70 - 2.80), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 75.8 [42.0, 149.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.435 [0.239, 0.816] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.8, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.547 [0.285, 1.010] g/100g; Selenium = 17.5 [8.2, 40.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.2 [4.8, 67.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.738 [0.510, 1.078] mg/100g (wet weight);
