Dactylopus dactylopus

Ilan Lubitz Dragonet Fish. (Dactylopus dactylopus) Anilao. Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Ilan Lubitz Dragonet Fish. (Dactylopus dactylopus) Anilao. Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp http://www.uwphotographers.net/2012/10/uwp-ilan-lubitz.html

Ilan Lubitz Dragonet Fish. (Dactylopus dactylopus) Anilao. Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Ilan Lubitz Dragonet Fish. (Dactylopus dactylopus) Anilao. Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

KiSang Lee Cool wings

Mahouachi Mohamed Eminoo

KiSang Lee Canon 5d mark2 100mm sea&sea Housing YS250-Strobe F16 S1/200 ISO100 Puerto Galera, Philippines

Ron Silver Dactylopus dactylopus, Fingered dragonet

Imade Widana April, 19, 2013 dive at Padangbai, Bali. G11

Ron Silver Fingered Dragonet, Dactylopus dactylopus. This is a female, evidenced by the bright orange lips!

Scubashooters Dot Net Thanks Ron! :)

KiSang Lee Canon 5d mark2 100mm sea&sea Housing YS250-Strobe F16 S1/200 ISO100 Puerto Galera, Philippines

Ron Silver Dactylopus dactylopus, Fingered dragonet

Cameron Easton Ron, just wondering: D. kuteri has blue facial circles rather than reticulations and orange lips - does D. dactylopus? Can't see properly in my ID guides! Philippines may be too far north for D. kuteri though?

Ron Silver Cameron, see attached photo of D. dactylopus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dactylopus_dactylopus_by_Vincent_C_Chen.jpg

Cameron Easton Nice one. I'd certainly say they're the same! This is a better photo than the books. Thanks Ron.

Ron Silver A caveat......I really don't know the range of D. Kuiteri, so you could be right. I recall the orange lips but Rudy's naming is early 1990s which would have been after my initial encounters with D. dactylopus. It was named in the mid 1830s. Now that I've begun to look at a few more keys, I seem to be finding photos that could be mis-identified. :-(

Cameron Easton Allen et al give it as the Bali-Flores-Sulawesi triangle. However, I guess that, as ever, ranges will expand with better information. Don't ya just love animal ecology!!

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp (Y)

KiSang Lee Canon 5d mark2 100mm sea&sea Housing YS250-Strobe F16 S1/200 ISO100 Puerto Galera, Philippines

Ron Silver Dactylopus dactylopus, Fingered dragonet

Stefan Follows Portrait of a Dragon...! Fingered Dragonet -Dactylopus dactylopus Chaloklum Pier, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand EM5-250-f6-iso200 Inon D2000

Jürgen Kössler He catch something. Nice to see. (y)

Stefan Follows Orange lipstick...! Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus Chaloklum Pier, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand EM5-250-f5-iso200 Inon D2000

Stefan Follows Orange lipstick...! Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus Chaloklum Pier, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand EM5-250-f5-iso200 Inon D2000

Gabriela Gypsy looks like a moth

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y)