Picturesque Dragonet

Synchiropus picturatus

Basic colouration is light brown to intensive green with large dark, orange-edged patches.

Size : 6 cm

Habitat : Inhabits protected coastal reefs, 1-10 m. On hard ground suck as coarse rubble and dead stony coral. Secluded lifestyle.

Distribution : Borneo to East Indonesia, NW Australia and the Philippines.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Syngnathiformes

FAMILY

:

Callionymidae

GENUS

:

Synchiropus

SPECIES

:

Synchiropus picturatus

Other Information

Population Status

Not Evaluated (NE)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner