Belcher's Dragonet

Callionymus belcheri

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth15–88 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsAugust, November, and December
How commonRare

About this species

Callionymus belcheri, Belcher's dragonet or the flathead dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean waters off of Australia and Papua New Guinea where it occurs at depths of from 18 to 36 metres.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Callionymus belcheri”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 10 records
March: 4 records
April: 9 records
May: 4 records
June: 11 records
July: 1 records
August: 13 records
September: 7 records
October: 13 records
November: 18 records
December: 17 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–88 m · Deepest record: 140 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 12 records
20–30 m: 12 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 33 records
26–28 °C: 61 records
28–30 °C: 24 records

Names and classification

English: Belcher's Dragonet

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 狗圻, 白氏, 老鼠, 貝氏

Other scientific names: Callionymus recurvispinis, Callionymus recurvispinnis, Calliurichthys belcheri, Calliurichthys recurvispinis, Calliurichthys recurvispinnis, Repomucenus belcheri

Similar species

Goodlad's Dragonet
Callionymus goodladi
Common Dragonet
Callionymus enneactis
Blotchfin dragonet
Callionymus filamentosus
Gross's dragonet
Callionymus grossi
Horn Dragonet
Callionymus curvicornis
Longtail Dragonet
Callionymus decoratus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
197 open-data records from 1910 to 2021.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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