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Eurypegasus

Eurypegasus draconis

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Dragon Sea Moth, Short Dragonfish

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and South Africa to Marquesan and Society Islands, north to Southern Japan, and south to Australia, and Lord Howe Island.

Size: 3 inches (8 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits silty bottom areas in lagoons, often seagrass beds on coastal reef slopes and is usually found at depths between 3 - 300 feet (1 - 90 m) where it feeds strictly on small bottom dwelling crustaceans.

General Husbandry: Has a mottled brownish body. Not purposely collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Gasterosteiformes

    Suborder: Syngnathoidei

    Family: Pegasidae

    Genus: Eurypegasus

FYI: Must have a steady diet of ‘live’ foods, i.e., fortified live brine shrimp, and/or copepods/amphipods and will ‘only’ feed off the bottom substrate, which should be wide-ranging/quite extensive in captivity. Must be fed five to ten times a day when in captivity.

An extremely poor shipper.

Shown here for identification only.

Unsuitable for the home aquarium.

Best left in the wild.

 Eurypegasus draconis (Dragon Sea Moth, Short Dragonfish)
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