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Teleostei (teleosts) > Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Dactylopus:Greek, daktylos = finger + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335); kuiteri:Named in honor of the collector, Rudie H. Kuiter of Seaford, Victoria, Australia (Ref. 35443). Eponymy: Rudolf ‘Rudie’ Herman Kuiter (d: 1943) is an Australian underwater photographer and aquarist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page. More on author: Fricke.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 15 m (Ref. 48636). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48636)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsalspines (total): 4; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8. 3 dorsal points on the preopercular spine, the male's first spine of the first dorsal fin longer than the second spine, no filaments in the first dorsal fin, black and orange first and second dorsal fins, and a white head and body with black-edged orange streaks on the head and anterior back (Ref. 35443). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Collected from a sandy bottom (Ref. 35443). May occur solitary or in pairs (Ref. 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
