Dragonet
📖 Overview
Occurs on sand and muddy bottoms from sublittoral to 200 m and to 400 m or more . Feeds on small invertebrates, mainly worms and crustaceans. Territorial, males aggressive with each other. Complex courtship behavior consists of 4 phases: courtship, pairing, ascending, releasing eggs and milt. Pelagic eggs and larvae . Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115. Neither opercular spine gland nor anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland is present .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal soft rays: 9. Gill opening dorsal. Usually antrorse (forward-pointing) tip at base of preopercular spine. Rays of second dorsal unbranched except for the last, which is divided at base . Snout length 2-3 times the diameter of the eye .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Dragonet is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Dragonet is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Complex courtship behavior with 4 phases: courtship, pairing, ascending, releasing eggs and milt .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 440 m , usually 5 - 30 m . Temperate; 16°C - 20°C ; 66°N - 16°N, 42°W - 42°E south to Mauritania, including the northern Mediterranean, Gibraltar, and Algeria, western Black Sea, Aegean and Adriatic Sea, Azores and the Canary Islands.
🌿 Ecology
small invertebrates, mainly worms and crustaceans
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Common dragonet · Dragonet · European dragonet |
| 🌍BRE | Skouêg · diaoud |
| 🏳️Catalan | Dragó lira |
| 🌍CES | vřeténka pestrá |
| 🌍CYM | Bwgan Dŵr · Bwganod Dwr |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Stribet Fløjfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Gestreifter Leierfisch · Großer Leierfisch · Leierfisch |
| 🌍ELL | Καλλιώνυμος |
| 🌍EST | Vöödiline lüürakala |
| 🌍EUS | Eiherazain arrunt |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Isomerikokki |
| 🇫🇷French | Dragonet Lyre · Dragonnet lyre · callionyme lyre · dragonnet · dragonnet lyre, callionyme lyre · lavandière |
| 🌍GLE | An tlascán nimhe |
| 🌍ISL | Skrautglitnir |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Dragoncello · Pisci diavulu |
| 🌍MLT | Dragunett · Wizghha ta' l'ikhal · Wizghha tal-bahar |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Gewone pitvis · Pitvis |
| 🌍NNO | vanleg fløyfisk · flaggfisk · petermann |
| 🌍NOB | flaggfisk · petermann · vanlig fløyfisk |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Fløifisk · Vanlig fløyfisk |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Lira |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Mandarim-lira · Peixe-pau-lira |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Большая пескарка · Пескарка лировидная · Полосатая рыба-лира |
| 🌍SLV | Lireš |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Dragoncillo · Primita |
| 🌍SQI | Flutura pikaloshe · peshk-pilivesa · peshk-pilivesa lire |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Randig sjökock |
| 🌍TUR | uzgun baligi |
| 🌍UKR | Піскарка велика · Піскарка ліровидна · Риба-ліра |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callionymus dracunculus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Heterotypic |
| Callionymus elegans | Lesueur | 1814 | Synonym |
| Callionymus sueurii | Valenciennes | 1837 | Synonym |
| Uranoscopus micropterygius | Gronow | 1854 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 45 records indexed .
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