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Callionymidae
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Dragonets are small percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek kallis, "beautiful" and '''', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most of their time near the sandy bottoms, at a depth of roughly two hundred meters. There exist 139 species of the fish, in nineteen genera.
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Callionymidae is a family of fish within the order Perciformes and class Teleostei, belonging to the phylum Chordata. The taxon is classified under the suborder Callionymoidei and is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Its accepted status is attributed to Bonaparte, 1831. Common names for this group include dragonets and fløyfiskfamilien.
Members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records of the family are held by institutions such as ECOSUR in Mexico. The taxon has an occurrence count of 102022 and a record count of 1149, with 11 associated media items.
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Species
dragonets
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCallionymidae
Vissen De pitvissen (Callionymidae) vormen een familie van kleine baarsachtige zeevissen. Ze worden voornamelijk aangetroffen in tropische wateren in de Indische Oceaan en het westen van de Grote Oceaan. De familie omvat bijna 200 soorten in 15 tot 19[1] geslachten. Vanwege hun uiterlijke kenmerken worden vissen uit deze familie soms verward met leden van de familie van de grondels (Gobiidae). Enkele soorten zijn: De gevlekte pitvis (Callionymus maculatus), 10–16 cm. De pitvis (Callionymus lyra), 25–30 cm. De grootste soort, Callionymus gardineri, kan een lengte tot 30 centimeter bereiken. De kleinste soort, Callionymus sanctaehelenae wordt slechts 2 centimeter lang. Veel soorten zijn dimorf, waarbij de mannetjes en vrouwtjes andere kleuren en patronen hebben. Het extreemste voorbeeld hiervan is Synchiropus rameus. De vissen leven op de bodem en hebben een voorkeur voor zanderige of rotsachtige bodems, soms in de buurt van riffen. Op een diepte van ongeveer 200 meter eten deze vissen voornamelijk kreeftachtigen, wormen en andere kleine ongewervelden. De mannetjes kennen onderling sterk territoriaal gedrag. Ze kennen een uitgebreid paringsritueel. De mannetjes wapperen hun vinnen op
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,149
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Callionymidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Callionymoidei
- Image
- Ocellated dragonet.jpg
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- Callionymidae
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- Callionymidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Callionymidae
- taxon common name
- fløyfiskfamilien
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Genera
- Description
- Reproduction
- Competition/aggression
- Feeding
- Locomotion
- Defense
- Timeline
- See also
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Dragonets are small percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek kallis, "beautiful" and '', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most of their time near the sandy bottoms, at a depth of roughly two hundred meters. There exist 139 species of the fish, in nineteen genera.
Due to similarities in morphology and behavior, dragonets are sometimes confused with members of the goby family. However, male dragonets can be differentiated from the goby by their very long dorsal fins, and females by their protruding lower jaws. The Draconettidae may be considered a sister family, whose members are very much alike, though rarely seen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Callionymidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.