Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft 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).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Callionymidae

Genus: Dactylopus

Species: Dactylopus kuiteri (Fricke, 1992)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Collected from a sandy bottom (Ref. 35443). May occur solitary or in pairs (Ref. 90102).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless