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Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name.
Eponymy: Admiral Sir Edward Belcher (1799–1877) was a British explorer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Richardson.
Issue
Issue on validity of subspecies: the subspecies Callionymus belcheri recurvispinnis is elevated as species rank as Callionymus recurvispinnis ((Li, 1966) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870). The species page will be created.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 18 - 36 m (Ref. 75992). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: northwestern Australia and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192).
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 7.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 757); 10.0 cm SL (female)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 4; Raios dorsais (total) : 9; Raios anais : 8. Head and body yellowish to brown. Back with many small white spots. Sides of body with white blotches surrounded with dark brown. Belly whitish first dorsal fin brownish, distal margin often blackish, in males with white spots. Second dorsal fin with light and dark streaks or small white spots. Anal fin in males with a dark streak, in females colourless or with distal dark spots. Lower two-thirds of caudal fin spotted with brown. Ventral margin of preopercular spine concave (Ref 42832).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 6192)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.6 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 430 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00397 - 0.01205), b=2.83 (2.68 - 2.98), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 2.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.41-0.48; tmax=3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
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