Short dragonfish

The little dragonfish or short dragonfish is a species of fish in the Pegasidae family.

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The Short dragonfish lives in the reef-associated, brackish, marine, depth range 3 - 91 m , usually 35 - 90 m environment.

Male and female (left) short dragonfish © Ron & Valerie Taylor / www.ardea.com Pair of short dragonfish camouflagued against sea floor Pair of short dragonfish camouflagued against sea floor © Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect. More

Information on the short dragonfish is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly. References - 1. IUCN Red List (September, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist. More

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Common Name: Short Dragonfish / Dragon Sea Moth Species Name: Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and South Africa to Marquesan and Society Islands, southern Japan, Australia, Lord Howe Island - More

Short dragonfish, Eurypegasus draconis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gasterosteiformes More

Underwater-Photo Short dragonfish on seafloor of Wolfgang Pölzer = Aquaventure Tauchreisen: Tauchurlaub in Indonesien, Malaysia, Philippinen und Thailand Underwater-Photos Quick Find: Underwaterphotos Underwaterphoto More

Common names

Cá R?ng thân to in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Rồng thân to in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Common seamoth in English
Dragon de mer in French (français)
Dragonfish in English
Dwarf seamoth in English
Kort pegasusfisk in Danish (dansk)
Little dragonfish in English
Pégase in French (français)
Petit dragon in French (français)
seamoth in English
Seemot in Afrikaans
Seemotte in German (Deutsch)
Short dragonfish in English
Short seamoth in English
Umitengu in Japanese (日本語)
宽海蛾鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
寬海蛾魚 in Mandarin Chinese
龍海蛾魚 in Mandarin Chinese
龙海蛾鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Gasterosteiformes
Family : Pegasidae
Genus : Eurypegasus
Species : Eurypegasus draconis
Authority : Linnaeus, 1766