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Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814

Common Names

  • Flutura e detit , Albanian , Albania
  • Peshk-pilivesa me pika , Albanian , Albania
  • Fardatxo , Catalan , Spain
  • Dragoncellu , Corsican , France
  • Mišić poprskanac , Croatian , Croatia
  • Rissos fløjfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Risso's dragonet , English , France
  • Risso's dragonet , English , Global
  • Hall lüürakala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Callionyme bélène , French , France
  • Dragonnet , French , France
  • Dragonnet de Risso , French , France
  • Rissos Leierfisch , German , Germany
  • Kalionymos Riso , Greek , Greece
  • Καλλιώνυμος ρισσό , Greek , Greece
  • Τζιτζίκι , Greek , Greece
  • Dragoncello minore , Italian , Italy
  • Guatto , Italian , Italy
  • Lodra , Italian , Italy
  • Mascioni margiani , Italian , Italy
  • Pisci diavulu , Italian , Italy
  • Taccasassi , Italian , Italy
  • Wizghha tat-tikek suwed , Maltese , Malta
  • 灰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Malaya morskaya mysh , Russian , Ukraine
  • Mali zmajèek , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Üzgün balığı , Turkish , Turkey

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Callionymiformes

    Family: Callionymidae

    Genus: Callionymus

    Species: Callionymus risso Lesueur, 1814

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: northern Mediterranean, from Gibraltar to the coast of Israel, including the Adriatic, Aegean and western and northern Black Sea; also Algeria and Tunisia. Rarely seen off Portugal.

    • Biology

    Found on sandy bottoms in shallow coastal waters. Feeds on small bottom invertebrates, mainly worms and crustaceans. Oviparous, eggs and larvae are pelagic.

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless