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Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814

Risso’s dragonet
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Spain country information

Common names: Fardatxo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 75992.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1986
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Callionyme bélène, Üzgün balığı, Kalionymos Riso, ... more

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

समुद्री ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 15 - 150 m.   Subtropical; 46°N - 31°N, 10°W - 36°E

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | Point map | भूमिका | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: northern Mediterranean, from Gibraltar to the coast of Israel, including the Adriatic, Aegean and western and northern Black Sea; also Algeria and Tunisia. Rarely seen off Portugal.

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.2 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 88088); common length : 4.0 cm पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3397); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 38.60 g (Ref. 88088)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Found on sandy bottoms in shallow coastal waters. Feeds on small bottom invertebrates, mainly worms and crustaceans. Oviparous, eggs and larvae are pelagic.

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Fricke, Ronald | सहयोगीयो

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)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 March 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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