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Callionymidae (Dragonets)						
							
							Etymology: Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better name.
Eponymy: John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946) was a zoologist and oceanographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range					
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					समुद्री ड़िमरसल;  गहराई सीमा 30 - 180 m (Ref. 4405). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Indian Ocean:  south to Natal, South Africa.
				
				
			
			
				
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					परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 28.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4405)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 4; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 9; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 8. Body light to dark brown in color; black blotch on distal portion of 3rd dorsal spine; black submarginal band on anal fin (Ref. 4405).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found on sandy and muddy substrate of coastal areas (Ref. 5213).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Fricke, R., 1986. Callionymidae. p. 770-774. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4405)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 
123201): 21.1 - 26.6, mean 23.8 °C (based on 64 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (संदर्भ 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00410 - 0.01937), b=2.78 (2.60 - 2.96), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (संदर्भ 
69278):  3.4   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						लौटाव  (संदर्भ 
120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (18 of 100). 
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