Hawaiian Ruddertail Dragonet

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.

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7

Collected from sand bottoms near outer ocean reefs (Ref. 33412, 58302). Benthic (Ref. 58302).

The ornamented dragonet (Callionymus comptus) is a species of dragonet endemic to the waters around the Hawaiian Islands where it occurs at depths of from 3 to 28 metres (9.8 to 91.9 ft). This species grows to a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in) SL.