The smallhead dragonet (''Callionymus erythraeus'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
dragonet native to the western
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
where it occurs at depths of from . It prefers sandy or muddy substrates with occasional rocks. This species grows to a length of
TL.
References
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Fish described in 1934
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