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Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name .
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 38 m (Ref. 75992). Tropical
Southwest Pacific.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 30504)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 4; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Raggi anali molli: 9. Body brown above, closely speckled with whitish spots, whitish below. First dorsal fin in males light, spines with faint dark spots. In females distally dusky. Second dorsal fin, caudal fin, pectoral and pelvic fins with darker spots. Anal fin with a broad dusky margin. First and second spine of first dorsal fin with filaments of equal length, at least 2 times longer than first ray of second dorsal fin. Third and fourth spines of first dorsal fin not filamentous (Ref 42832).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984. Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany. 407 p. (Ref. 5978)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.1 - 28.8, mean 27.6 °C (based on 322 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00408 - 0.02036), b=2.77 (2.59 - 2.95), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).