Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Fingered Dragonet
Dactylopus dactylopus
Fingered Dragonet
Category: Dragonets
Scientific Name: Dactylopus dactylopus
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 10-150 ft. (3-45 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Callionymiformes (Order)
     └Callionymidae (Family) Dragonets
      └Dactylopus (Genus)
       └D. dactylopus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278368🔗
iNaturalist ID: 319539🔗

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