Paracallionymus costatus, Ladder dragonet

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Paracallionymus costatus (Boulenger, 1898)

Ladder dragonet
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Paracallionymus: Greek, para = near, the side of + see under Callionymus.
More on author: Boulenger.

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

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 37 - 457 m (Ref. 75992). Deep-water

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Luderitz Bay, Namibia to Inhaca, Mozambique.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4405)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 4; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 9-10; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 9. Live specimens yellow in color; females with black spinous dorsal fin (Ref. 4405).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Mainly in deep water (Ref. 4405). Preyed upon by kingklip and other commercial species, as well as fur seals (Ref. 27121).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Fricke, Ronald | Colaboradores

Fricke, R., 1986. Callionymidae. p. 770-774. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4405)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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