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Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name.
More on author: Rafinesque.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 45 - 650 m (Ref. 5968). Temperate; 65°N - 12°N, 25°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: southern and western Iceland and Norway south to Senegal. Also in the Mediterranean, including the Adriatic and Aegean but not in the Black Sea.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 128593); peso máximo publicado: 36.57 g (Ref. 128593)
Gill cover with four spines. Diameter of eye slightly longer than the snout length. First dorsal fin in males slightly taller than the second dorsal fin. Four longitudinal spots in dorsal fin of male, two in female (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Benthic on sandy bottoms. Feeds on small bottom invertebrates mainly worms, snails and crustaceans. Eggs and larvae pelagic (Ref. 5968).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 6.7 - 13, mean 8.6 °C (based on 245 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00746 - 0.01167), b=2.76 (2.71 - 2.81), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.3 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 75.8 [42.0, 149.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.435 [0.239, 0.816] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.8, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.547 [0.285, 1.010] g/100g; Selenium = 17.5 [8.2, 40.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.2 [4.8, 67.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.738 [0.510, 1.078] mg/100g (wet weight);