| Callionymidae (Dragonets) |
| 5.02 cm SL (male/unsexed); 2.45 cm SL (female) |
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benthopelagic; marine; depth range - 113 m |
| Mediterranean Sea: Spain. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 5-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 7-7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: second dorsal fin with a total of 9 unbranched rays; anal fin with 8 unbranched rays; a very small preopercular spine with an upcurved main tip and one point on the dorsal margin, which is lacking an antrorse spine at the base; first and second spines of the first dorsal fin filamentous, much longer than the first ray of the second dorsal fin in males; tip of the last ray of the second dorsal fin reaching beyond the caudal fin base in males, and the anal fin distally black in males (Ref. 106320). |
| Collected in one sample at 113 m on a coarse sand bottom with many deep sea oyster shell remains (Neopycnodonte cochlear). Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913 was the most abundant fish species associated with this species (Ref. 106320). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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