Rectangular fish with bullseye patterns in black, orange, and bright blue.

Picturesque dragonet

Synchiropus picturatus
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Wild Reef
Diet Very small animals called zoobenthos
Size Length: Up to 2.75 inches (7 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Sandy and rubble sea bottoms in sheltered reefs in the Eastern Indian and West-Central Pacific Oceans
Habitat Sandy and rubble bottoms in sheltered reefs in the Indian and west-central Pacific Oceans

Did you know?

  1. Its spectacular coloring helps protect the picturesque dragonet and warns potential predators that it has yucky mucus covering its body.