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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Callionymiformes (Order)
     └Callionymidae (Family)
      └Dactylopus (Genus)

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