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Orange-and-Black Dragonet

Dactylopus kuiteri

Also known as: Fingered Dragonet, Kuiter's Dragonet, Orangeblack Dragonet, Sailfin Dragonet

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 5
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, sometimes buried during the day, but will raise fins if disturbed, on protected, mud flats, with sand and weedy bottoms.
Western Central Pacific - Indonesia

Males have a taller more elaborate first dorsal fin which erects intermittently when moving around and for mating.

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How to identify

Pattern
spots
Body shape
spikeswings

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
  • Country only · 5
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Found singly or in pairs, sometimes buried during the day, but will raise fins if disturbed, on protected, mud flats, with sand and weedy bottoms.

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Adult photos 5

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCallionymiformes
    5. familyCallionymidae
    6. genusDactylopus
    7. speciesDactylopus kuiteri (Fricke, 1992)

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    More in the family

    Dragonets (Callionymidae)