Scientific Name
Callionymus comptus
Common Name
Ornamented dragonet
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 7. Body of males with a narrow lateral yellow stripe edged in pale blue spots and overlaid by six orangish brown to orange red blotches; cheeks yellowish with a dusky orange red spot and irregular blue lines and spots; first dorsal fin yellowish anteriorly and blackish to black posteriorly. Females whitish with irregular brown blotches dorsally on head and body, and a midlateral row of six roundish brown spots; posterior two-thirds of first dorsal fin black.