''Synchiropus minutulus'', the minute flagfin dragonet, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of fish in the dragonet family

Callionymidae Dragonets are small, percomorph, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most o ...

. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.

Description

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fishes name means very small or pygmy.

References

minutulus Taxa named by Ronald Fricke Fish described in 1981 {{Callionymidae-stub