Sailfin dragonet

Callionymus pusillus

Fourteen to sixteen silver flank stripes

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
West Asia
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Sailfin dragonet is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 14 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonets
Family: Callionymidae
Genus: Callionymus
Maximum length: 14 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: Portuguese coast to as far north as Lisbon; also known from the northern Mediterranean including the Adriatic, Aegean and Black seas as well as Lebanon and Israel.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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