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Callionymus curvicornis Valenciennes, 1837

Horn dragonet
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Common names: Lĭ shì shǔ xián, 弯棘斜棘, 彎棘斜棘
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the drainages in Guangdong Province (Han Jiang drainage and its river mouth; Zhu Jiang delta; Moyang Jiang drainage and its river mouth; Suiqi He drainage and its river mouth) and from the drainages in Hainan Island and its river mouths. Known from Guangzhou city, Yanan of Xinhui county, Yangjiang county of Muoyang jiang river system, Zhanjiang city of Zhuxi river system in Guangdong Province. Other 3 specimens from Haikou city of Nandujiang river system in Hainan Province (Ref. 33468).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wu, H.-L., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Richard's dragonet, Richardson's dragonet, 동갈양태, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name .
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal.   Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 112063); max. published weight: 33.90 g (Ref. 112063)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow sandy bottoms of bays (Ref. 43239).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fricke, Ronald | Collaborators

Wu, H.-L., 1991. Callionymoidei. p. 417-422. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 pp. (Ref. 33468)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.2 - 27, mean 21.8 (based on 199 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00432 - 0.01461), b=2.72 (2.56 - 2.88), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).