Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific 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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Callionymiformes (Order)
      └Callionymidae (Family)
       └Dactylopus (Genus)
        └D. dactylopus (Species)

Crevice, Sand & Burrow Dwellers
Dragonets

Fingered Dragonet

Bartel's Dragonet

Mandarinfish



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