Eurypegasus draconis Short dragonfish, Common Seamoth, Dwarf Seamoth, Little Dragonfish, Short Seamoth, Dragon Sea Moth

Eurypegasus draconis is commonly referred to as Short dragonfish, Common Seamoth, Dwarf Seamoth, Little Dragonfish, Short Seamoth, Dragon Sea Moth. Difficulty in the aquarium: Problematisk. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1185 

AphiaID:

218161 

Scientific:

Eurypegasus draconis 

German:

Kleines Flügelross, Zwerg-Flügelrossfisch 

English:

Short Dragonfish, Common Seamoth, Dwarf Seamoth, Little Dragonfish, Short Seamoth, Dragon Sea Moth 

Category:

Sea moth 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Pegasidae (Family) > Eurypegasus (Genus) > draconis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1766 

Occurrence:

Sudan, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 91 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Bays, Brackish water, Lagoons, Muddy grounds, Rubble floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 2.76" (7 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, Living Food, Mysis, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Problematisk 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Eurypegasus draconis
  Kleines Flügelross, Zwerg-Flügelrossfisch
• 
  Eurypegasus papilio
  Hawaii-Flügelross, Hawaii-Flügelrossfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-12-12 12:24:02 

Last edit:

2024-05-08 13:47:25 

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