Short dragonfish

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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

Short Dragonfish Eurypegasus draconis = short dragonfish The Short Dragonfish is quite an unusual looking fish. It has bony armor resembling a shell or coral which it uses as great camoflage. More

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Short dragonfish - Eurypegasus draconis Lembeh strait - North Sulawesi (Indonesia) Home - Underwater - Pipefishes/Seahorses/Trumpetfishes/Sea moths etc. - Contact All images are Copyright More

The little dragonfish or short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis) is a species of fish in the Pegasidae family. More

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

These cute little Short Dragonfish (Dragon Sea Moth, Pegasus) are very cryptic. They love to crawl in pairs on the sand. If you move close to them (to take a photo) they change directions in unison. More

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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 : Pegasus volitans
Authority : Linnaeus, 1766