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Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Foetorepus: Latin, foetus = foetus + Greek,repo = to incline, to slope (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Alexander Emanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835–1910) was born in Switzerland but emigrated to the USA with his eminent palaeontologist father, Louis Agassiz (see next entry), and made a fortune out of copper mining. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 48 - 700 m (Ref. 13628), usually 250 - ? m (Ref. 13628). Deep-water; 32°N - 7°N
Western Atlantic: Canadian Scotian shelf to just north of the Amazon mouth.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 13628)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 4; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 7 - 8; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 6 - 7.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found on muddy or sandy bottoms (Ref. 13628). Neither opercular spine gland nor anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland is present (Ref. 57406). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Davis, W.P and R. Fricke, 1990. Callionymidae. p. 921-924. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon, SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6941)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 10.3 - 18.8, mean 14.4 °C (based on 41 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00357 - 0.01766), b=2.82 (2.64 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
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