Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Callionymiformes > Family Callionymidae > Genus Callionymus

Callionymus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Callionymus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshk-pilivesa mozaik sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Breton: diaoud bihen sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Danish: plettet fløjfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gestreepte pitvis; gevlekte pitvis sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: spotted dragonet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: dragonnet tacheté; petit dragonnet tacheté sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

German: gefleckter Leierfisch sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Κηλιδωτός καλλιώνυμος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: שפריר טלוא sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: flekket fløyfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: flekka fløyfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: fläckig sjökock sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: uzgun baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: bwgan brith

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Callionymus maculatus, by Svensen, E.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Callionymus maculatus Rafinesque, 1810. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126793