Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Callionymidae

Genus: Callionymus

Species: Callionymus delicatulus Smith, 1963

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to the Solomons; Palau in Micronesia.

Biology

Occurs in sand to mud bottoms of lagoon reefs (Ref. 1602). Minimum depth from 027115.

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless