Foetorepus agassizii (Goode & Bean, 1888)
Spotfin dragonet
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Family:  Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Max. size:  24.3 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 48 - 700 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Canadian Scotian shelf to just north of the Amazon mouth.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 6-7
Biology:  Found on muddy or sandy bottoms (Ref. 13628). Neither opercular spine gland nor anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland is present (Ref. 57406). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 20 August 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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