| Callionymidae (Dragonets) |
| 20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; marine; depth range 2 - 350 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and eastward to Taiwan. Migrated to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal (Ref. 5385). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Light brown in color with dark spots on sides; fins with dark brown spots; males with black stripes or blotches on 1st dorsal fin, females with black blotch on 3rd membrane (Ref. 4405). Ventral margin of preopercular spine convex (Ref 42832). |
| Found on sandy and muddy substrate of the coastal area down to a depth of about 100 m (Ref. 5213). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 4405. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates, mainly crustaceans and worms (Ref. 5968). Minimum depth of 2 m reported from Ref. 90102. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Mersin and Iskenderun Bays, eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 41077). Also recorded from Anamur (Ref. 94612). Currently distributed along the entire northern Levant coasts but not in the Aegean Sea (Ref. 94612). Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 50162). |
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