| Family: |
Callionymidae (Dragonets) |
| Max. size: |
2.15 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 5 - 24 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Males with 5 irregular brown blotches dorsally on body and a row of seven orange pink blotches along side linked dorsally by a midlateral narrow orange pink stripe; two small jet black spots above base of each pelvic fin; broken blue lines (brown in preservative) on head below eye, continuing onto gill membranes and pectoral-fin base where alternating with yellow; first dorsal fin with long dusky yellow to orange pink streaks on membranes; females similar but lacking the two small black spots and the blue and yellow striping of the lower head and pectoral-fin base; posterior two-thirds of the short first dorsal fin black. |
| Biology: |
Collected from sand and rubble bottoms adjacent to coral reefs or rocky areas (Ref. 33412). Benthic (Ref. 58302). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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