Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Caudal fin are fan like (Ref. 9002).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Callionymidae

Genus: Eocallionymus

Species: Eocallionymus papilio (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from southern Western Australia to New South Wales and Tasmania.

Biology

Found in coastal reefs, estuaries, sheltered to turbulent reefs (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless