Diplogrammus goramensis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Dragonets ; Inhabits coastal bays and estuaries[1], over sand , mud , or dead coral rubble of lagoons and outer reef slopes . Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates . Usually buried in substrate. Occurs in small groups[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 5 to 34 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,737 meters (0 to -22,103 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Callionymus Goramensis • Callionymus goramensis Bleeker • Callionymus goramensis Bleeker, 1858 • Diplogrammus goramensis • Sargus salviani Valenciennes • Sargus vulgaris Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-Jun-1998

Similar Species

Members of the genus Diplogrammus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. goramensis (Goram Dragonet) · D. infulatus (Sawspine Dragonet) · D. pauciradiatus (Spotted Dragonet) · D. pygmaeus (Pygmy Dragonet) · D. randalli (Randall´s Rabbitfish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 219.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 26.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 367, p. 425.
• The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 308.
• The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 161.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Fricke, Ronald (from FishBase).
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125943
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-28973
• Fishbase Species ID: 13764
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 642801
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109368

Footnotes

1. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p. [back]
2. Mean = -2,188.420 meters (-7,179.856 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,937.370 based on 53 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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