Bathycallionymus kaianus (Günther, 1880)
Kai Island deepwater dragonet
Bathycallionymus kaianus
photo by Shao, K.T.

Family:  Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Max. size:  16 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 180 - 290 m
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: Zanzibar (Ref. 26165) to southern Japan, East China Sea, and the Banda Sea (Ref. 559).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 9-9. First dorsal fin elongate and filamentous. Tip of the anterior branch of last dorsal ray branched. Third membrane of the 1st dorsal fin with lunate blotch. Anal fin pale in male, faintly dusky at lower margin in the female.
Biology:  Found on the shelf edge (Ref. 11230).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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