This species was recently discovered in 2010 in Indonesia.
Identity card
Redback dragonet
- Scientific name:
- Synchiropus tudorjonesi
- Family:
- Callionymidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Allen & Erdmann, 2012
- IUCN Status:
- Not Evaluated
- CITES-status:
Not Evaluated
- Distribution:
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Pacific Ocean, near Indonesia.
- Habitat:
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Between 50 and 120 metres deep.
- Size:
To date, it has reached a maximum size of 4.8 cm
- Diet:
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It feeds on small benthic invertebrates (that live on the seabed).
