Delicate Dragonet, Pseudocalliurichthys delicatulus (Smith 1963)
A Delicate Dragonet, Pseudocalliurichthys delicatulus, at Rinca Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, May 2014. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A well-camouflaged mottled sandy-coloured dragonet with small blue dots and dashes on the head, a yellowish snout, blackish spot on the first dorsal fin of females between the third and fourth spines. Males have a whitish first dorsal fin with small black spots, and the first two spines are filamentous.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Pseudocalliurichthys delicatulus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/54
Delicate Dragonet, Pseudocalliurichthys delicatulus (Smith 1963)
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Distribution |
Known from Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits shallow sandy areas adjacent to reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IV + 8; Anal fin 7; Pectoral fin 15-21. Body depth 6.4-9.7 in SL; Head length 3.5-4.3 in SL; preopercular spine 2.0-2.9 in head length, spine with 8-15 spinules along dorsal margin and an antrorse spine at the base of the ventral margin. Males have filamentous first and second dorsal-fin spines, extending beyond last dorsal-fin ray when laid back; first dorsal fin of females about half height of second dorsal fin; caudal fin of male asymetrical with longer rays on lower half of fin. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on benthic invertebrates. |
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Species Citation |
Callionymus delicatulus Smith 1963, Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 28: 557, fig. 6. Type locality: Connan Reef, Mahé, Seychelles. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Delicate Dragonet, Pseudocalliurichthys delicatulus (Smith 1963)
References
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Fricke, R. 1983. Revision of the Indo-Pacific genera and species of the dragonet family Callionymidae (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 3: 1-774 figs 1-212
Fricke, R. 2000. Callionymidae of New Caledonia, with remarks on related species and descriptions of 10 new species from New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, and Hawaii (Teleostei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 617: 1-81 figs 1-35
Fricke, R. 2002. Annotated checklist of the dragonet families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (Teleostei: Callionymoidei), with comments on callionymid fish classification. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 645: 1-103
Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp.
Nakabo, T. 1982. Revision of genera of the dragonets (Pisces : Callionymidae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 27(1/3): 77-131 figs 1-30
Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105
Smith, J.L.B. 1963. Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 28: 547-564 figs 1-8 pls 83-86 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019785 Open access
