#2153 · 🐟 fish
Reticulated Dragonet
🇳🇱 Rasterpitvis ·Callionymus reticulatus
📍 Ørland, Norge
📍 Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Scotland, GB
📍 Nether Lochaber, Fort William PH33, UK
📍 Menai Strait, Menai Bridge, Wales, GB
📍 Lysekil, SE-VG, SE
📍 Saltstraumen, Norway
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Viktor V. Grøtan · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Viktor V. Grøtan · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Ørland, Norge:© Viktor V. Grøtan · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Scotland, GB:© Cathy Hollingdale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Nether Lochaber, Fort William PH33, UK:© Tony Gilbert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Menai Strait, Menai Bridge, Wales, GB:© Nathan Jackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lysekil, SE-VG, SE:© Emil B · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Saltstraumen, Norway:© Vsevolod Rudyi · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Callionymus reticulatus , the Reticulated dragonet , is a species of dragonet native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where it is found at depths of from 0 to 110 metres (0 to 361 ft). 3 in) TL.
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 74 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Achille Valenciennes in 1837 (189 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Reticulated Dragonet
- Nederlands
- Rasterpitvis
- scientific name
- Callionymus reticulatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Callionymidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 45
- sightings worldwide
- 74
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,507
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1837 by Achille Valenciennes
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Callionymidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118719, Wikidata Q2105433, GBIF 2386886, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.