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: Diplogrammus

Species: Diplogrammus pygmaeus Fricke, 1981

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Indian Ocean: off southern Oman, the Gulf of Oman, Jana Island in the Persian Gulf and off Abu Dhabi.

Biology

Specimens have been collected from rubble at the base of a drop off (Ref. 11441). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless