#2136 · 🐟 fish
Common Dragonet
🇳🇱 Pitvis ·Callionymus lyra
📍 Rogaland, NO
📍 6092 Gammel Ålbo, Dänemark
📍 2970 Sesimbra, Portugal
📍 Sønder Stenderup, Region of Southern Denmark, DK
📍 Torbay, UK
📍 Belgian part of North Sea
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Emil B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © François Roche · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Rogaland, NO:© Bradley Rasmussen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 6092 Gammel Ålbo, Dänemark:© Rita Jansen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. 2970 Sesimbra, Portugal:© Ana Santos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Sønder Stenderup, Region of Southern Denmark, DK:© stenbider · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Torbay, UK:© tamsynmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Belgian part of North Sea:© Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The common dragonet ( Callionymus lyra ), is a species of dragonet widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from southern Iceland and Norway south to Mauritania, including the northern Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar, and Algeria, western Black Sea, Aegean and Adriatic Sea, Azores and the Canary Islands. It can be found at depths of from 5 to 430 metres (16 to 1,411 ft), though mostly found no deeper than 30 metres (98 ft). This species is of minor importance to local commercial...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 713 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Dragonet
- Nederlands
- Pitvis
- scientific name
- Callionymus lyra
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Callionymidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 422
- sightings worldwide
- 713
- GBIF records in NL
- 28,277
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Callionymidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118717, Wikidata Q132895, GBIF 2386906, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.