Blue dragons occur throughout temperate and tropical areas of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. They are pelagic, floating near the surface...

Blue dragons are dark and light blue on their bellies and silvery-grey on their backs. They have three pairs of branching, finger-like cerata. This...

Blue dragons administer painful, potentially dangerous stings to both prey and predators.

Although they are not venomous on their own, blue dragons ingest the stinging nematocysts of their prey for use in their own defense. In humans, th...

Blue dragons are not appropriate for human consumption.

The IUCN does not currently include this species on its Red List. The total population of blue dragons is unknown.