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Very special thanks for the first photo of Callionymus pleurostictus to Jim Greenfield, Jim has taken his photo in Kri Island, West Papua.
ID'd by Dr Ron Fricke, a world authority on Dragonets.
The Dragonet occurs in sand and mud bottoms from brackish mangrove areas to a depth of 15 m in coral reef lagoons.
Source: FishBase
Synonyms:
Callionymus altidorsalis Wang & Ye, 1982
Callionymus distethommatus Fowler, 1941
Callionymus enneatics Bleeker, 1879
Callionymus wilburi Herre, 1935
Paradiplogrammus distethommatus (Fowler, 1941)
Paradiplogrammus enneactis (Bleeker, 1879)
Paradiplogrammus enneactis calliste (Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
Paradiplogrammus parvus Nakabo, 1984
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.