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Callionymus belcheri Richardson, 1844

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

Issue
Issue on validity of subspecies: the subspecies Callionymus belcheri recurvispinnis is elevated as species rank as Callionymus recurvispinnis ((Li, 1966) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870). The species page will be created.

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

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 18 - 36 m (Ref. 75992). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: northwestern Australia and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 7.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 757); 10.0 cm SL (female)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 4; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 9; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 8. Head and body yellowish to brown. Back with many small white spots. Sides of body with white blotches surrounded with dark brown. Belly whitish first dorsal fin brownish, distal margin often blackish, in males with white spots. Second dorsal fin with light and dark streaks or small white spots. Anal fin in males with a dark streak, in females colourless or with distal dark spots. Lower two-thirds of caudal fin spotted with brown. Ventral margin of preopercular spine concave (Ref 42832).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Fricke, Ronald | Medarbetare

Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 6192)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fiskeri: kommersiell; Akvarium: Kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.6 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 430 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00406 - 0.01233), b=2.82 (2.67 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 2.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=0.41-0.48; tmax=3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.