Callionymus spp.

Callionymus spp. are various undescribed or undetermined Callionymus dragonets. They're a close relative from the more well-known P. splendidus, but are build a little more flat. Although this are various species and some are more colourful than the others, they lack the fancy colours of the Mandarin dragonet and instead have a pattern and colour which make up a perfect camouflage in their natural surrounding.

These fish can be kept alone or in a pair. In a large aquarium even a group is possible, just make sure there are enough places to shelter for all of them, because they will make small territories. The only point of attention about these fish is their feeding behaviour. These fish don't have the stomach to feed a large meal once or twice a day. They need to be able to feed on small zooplankton the entire day. This is why we advice to only add these fish to a mature aquarium with a self-sustaining population of zooplankton, or make sure you supply them zooplankton all day. It's adviced to add phytoplankton to the aquarium once a day to feed the zooplankton. This way there will be more zooplankton for the dragonets.