Spotted Dragonet
Callionymus maculatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Callionymiformes
- Family
- Callionymidae
- Genus
- Callionymus
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 10 countries and 2 regions.
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 2 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 1 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 319 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 83 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 262 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 1 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 153 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 19 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3837 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1136 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 9 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 6 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 85 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 33 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 8 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 94 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 4060 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 353 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 30 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 960 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 23 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 32 records