Author: Valenciennes, 1837

Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837

Diagnosis: eye in head 2.2-3.1. Preopercular spine formula (1) 2/- 1 (see fig), antrorse spine at base very small, rudimentary or absent. Dl IV; D2 10, A 9 (rarely 8 or 10). Colour: orange or brown dorsally, with 6 darker patches, belly white. Second dorsal in males with dark blotches in vertical or oblique rows, in females colourless. Size: to 11 cm (males), 6.5 cm (females).

Habitat: benthic, sandy bottoms, tidal zone to 110 m; occasionally enters brackish waters. Food: small bottom invertebrates, mainly worms and crustaceans. Reproduction: March-June (North Sea); eggs and larvae pelagic.

Distribution: western Mediterranean (Malaga). Atlantic from Mauritania north to the North Sea (Heligoland), western Norway, Irish Sea and south-western Ireland.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Callionymidae
Genus Callionymus
Species Callionymus reticulatus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837

Scientific synonyms and common names

Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837

Synonyms:

Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837, in Cuv. & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons, 1828-1849, 12: 284 (Malaga). Holotype: MNHN no. A 1528.
Callionymus maculatus (non Rafinesque): Day, 1875-1878, 1880, 1: 177-178 (part.) Moreau, 1881-1891, 1881, 2: 169-170 (part.) Nobre, 1935: 153-156, 505-506.
Callionymus reticulatus: Chang Hsiao-Wei, 1951: 297-312, pl. I-III Wheeler, 1962: 753-754; 1969: 432 (fig.) Baer, 1971: 506-509.


Common names:

rasterpitvis [Ne]

Boer, P. 1971. The occurrence of Callionymus reticulatus in the southern North Sea. J. Cons. perm. int. Explor. Mer, 33 (3): pp. 506-509.

Chang Hsiao-Wei. 1951. On Callionymus reticulatus and its distribution in European seas. J. mar. biol Ass. U.K., 30: pp. 297-312.

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. 1828-1849. Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Paris-Strasbourg, 22 vol., 11030 pp., 621 pl. (numb. 1-650).1,1828: xvi+573 pp., pl. I-VIII [author: Cuvier]; 2, 1828: xxi+490 pp., pl. 9-40 [Cuv.: pp. 1-238, pp. 249-262, pp. 387-490; Val.: pp. 238-249, pp. 262-386]; 3 April 1829: xxiii+500 pp., pl. 41-71 [Cuvier]; 4, 1829: xxvi+518 pp., pl. 72-99 [Cuvier]; 5, 1830: xxviii+499 pp., pl. 100-140 [Cuvier]; 6, 1830: xxiv+pp.559 pp., pl. 141-169 [Val.: pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuv.: 426-491]; 7, 1831: xxix + 531 pp., pl. 170-208 [Cuv.: 1-440; Val.: pp. 441-531]; 8, 1832: xix+509 pp., pl. 209-245 [Cuv.: pp. 1-470; Val.: pp. 471-509]; 9, 1833: xxix+512 pp., pl. 246-279 [Cuv.: pp. 1-198, pp. 330-359, pp. 372-427; Val.: pp. 199-329, pp. 359-371, pp. 429-512]; 10, 1835: xxiv+482 pp., pl. 280-306 [Val.]; 11, 1836: xx+506 pp., pl. 307-343 [Val.]; 12, 1837: xxix+507 pp., pl. 344-368 [Val.]; 13, 1839: xix+505 pp., pl. 369-388 [Val.]; 14, 1840: xxii+464 pp., pl. 389-420 [Val.]; 15, 1840: xxi + 540 pp., pl. 421-455 [Val.]; 16, 1842: xx+472 pp., pl. 456-487 [Val.]; 17, 1844: xxiii+497 pp., pl. 487-519 [Val.]; 18, 1846: xix+505 pp., pl. 520-553 [Val.]; 19, 1847: xix+544 pp., pl. 554-590 [Val.]; 20, 1847: xviii+472 pp., pl. 591-606 [Val.]; 21, 1848: xiv+536 pp., pl. 607-633 [Val.]; 22, 1849: xx+532 pp., pl. 634-650 [Val.].

Day, F. 1875-1878 [1888]. The Fishes of India, being a Natural History of the Fishes known to inhabit the Seas and Fresh Water of India, Burma and Ceylon. London. Part 1, 1875: pp. 1-168, pl. I-XL. Part 2, 1876: pp. 169-368, pl. XLI-LXXVIII (+LI A-C). Part 3, 1877: pp. 369-552, pl. LXXIX-CXXXVIII. Part 4, 1878: pp. i-xx+553-778, pl. CXXXIX-CXCV. Suppl., 1888: pp. 779-816, 7 fig.

Moreau, E. 1881-1891. Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France, Paris, I, 1881: pp. I-VII+1-480, fig. 1-82; II, 1881: pp. 1-572, fig. 83-145; III, 1881: pp. 1-697, fig. 146-220; Suppl., 1891: pp. 1-144, fig. 221-227.

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