The Species Black List
Callionymus whiteheadi
Whitehead's deepwater dragonet
Both are threatened by fisheries bycatch and collection for use in “traditional medicine.” Whitehead's deepwater dragonet (Callionymus whiteheadi) is known only from three specimens collected off Java, Bali and the Kangean Islands.
- Status
- Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List
- Restriction tier
- 2, restricted, extent unclear
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Realm
- Oceanic
- Locality
- Bali and the Kangean Islands
- As IUCN records it
- Callionymus whiteheadi Fricke, 1981