Scientific Name	Calliurichthys japonicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Houttuyn, 1782)	Depth	10 - 208M
Chinese	日本美尾䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	日本美尾䲗
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)；李承運（2012）臺灣海域鼠科魚類之分類與分子演化研究。海洋生物研究所碩士論文。臺灣海洋大學。236頁。  Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059398. ASIZP0061905. ASIZP0062202. ASIZP0063087. ASIZP0063263. ASIZP0063264. ASIZP0064115. ASIZP0064558. ASIZP0065041. ASIZP0066364. ASIZP0073730. ASIZP0700125. ASIZP0900352.
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 6-13 very short processes on inner side. In males, 1st and 2nd dorsal spines elongate and filamentous. Caudal fin very elongate. Ground coloration dark brown, ventral parts of body light brown or white. Back with some darker saddles, sides of body with a row of black blotches. First dorsal fin with an ocellate black blotch on third membrane. Anal fin with a broad distal black streak. Second dorsal fin, caudal fin, pectoral and pelvic fins with brownish spots and blotches.
habitats	Inhabits shallow to deep waters, on sandy mud bottoms, a depth range to 208 m. Feeds mainly on amphipods, polychaetes, bivalves, gastropods and ophiuroids.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific, invluding Taiwan, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and northwestern Australia, Chesterfield Islands. It is found in western and northeastern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.