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Short dragonfish

Characteristics

  • Usually occurs singly or in pairs on sand.
  • Forms monogamous breeding pairs.
  • May walk on the ground with its tentacle-like pelvic fins.

Description

  • Body brown with netted pattern.
  • Snout long and narrow.
  • Pectoral fins wing-like and usually with a pale border on the rear edge.

Common Name: Dragon seamoth, Short dragonfish

Family Common Name: Seamoths

Family: Pegasidae

Scientific Name: Eurypegasus draconis___(Linnaeus, 1766)

Genus: Eurypegasus

Maximum Length: 10 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Short dragonfish

Related fish

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