It spends most of its time hidden under the coral and is only visible for a few moments when it searches the sand for food.
Identity card
Picturesque dragonet
- Scientific name:
- Synchiropus picturatus
- Family:
- Callionymidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Peters, 1877
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Western Indo-Pacific: Philippines, eastern Indonesia and north-western Australia.
- Habitat:
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Between 1 and 10 metres on sandy and muddy reef bottoms, or sea grass beds.
- Size:
Between 6 and 8 cm.
- Diet:
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Small benthic invertebrates.
