TaiBNET

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Callionymidae
Genus Callionymus
Callionymus beniteguri Jordan & Snyder, 1900

Provider:

Kwang-Tsao Shao

Synonyms：

Callionymus kanekonis, Repomucenus beniteguri

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);

Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002);

Fishbase(2006)

Character:

Body elongate, depressed anteriorly. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 2-4 processes on inner side. In males, 1st and 2nd dorsal spines elongate and filamentous; 2 rows of small black spots on 2nd dorsal fin; anal fin membrane with many dark oblique lines. In females, the posterior half of the 1st dorsal fin black. In females and young males, marbled brown-colored area on lateral side of body rimmed with many small white circles. Caudal fin with small dark spots on upper half and uniformly dark on lower half, in both sexes.

Habitat:

Inhabits sand and mud bottoms in coastal areas.

Distribution:

Distributed in the Northwest Pacific from central Japan and the East China Sea to Taiwan.

Utility:

No commercial value.

Name Code:

381467

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine