Elegant dartfish (Eng) – Nemateleotris decora (Lat) (family Microdesmidae) – grows up to 9 cm. It feeds on plankton. Depth 25-70 m. Usially in pairs, very shy. Dives in the burrow at slightest danger. Recognizabale by very bright red, blue edged fins
Habitat:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific - Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines
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