🌊 Marine
🌡️ Tropical
Decorated dragonet
Callionymus decoratus Gilbert, 1905
📖 Overview
Found in lagoons and bays to well offshore, usually on fine sand substrata not ordinarily disturbed by surge . Benthic .
Scientific Name
Callionymus decoratus
Authority
Gilbert, 1905
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Max Length
20.8 cm
Depth Range
1–134 m
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
38.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Callionymiformes
Callionymiformes
Family
Callionymidae
Callionymidae
Genus
Callionymus
Callionymus
Species
Decorated dragonet
Callionymus decoratus
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Decorated dragonet is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Decorated dragonet is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 134 m . Tropical Central Pacific: known only from the Hawaiian Islands.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.4±0.4
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00871 × L2.78
(TL)
Max TL
20.8cm
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
30–40ppt
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
38.00/100
Moderate vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Gilbert, 1905
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