Scientific Name	Callionymus beniteguri   Pronounce			by: ©Matsuura, Keiichi
Author	Jordan & Snyder, 1900	Depth	- M
Chinese	本氏䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	緋䲗
Max Length	16 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tokyo Bay
Synonyms	Callionymus kanekonis, Repomucenus beniteguri
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1900 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List
Common Name	Black caudal dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed anteriorly. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 2-4 processes on inner side. In males, 1st and 2nd dorsal spines elongate and filamentous; 2 rows of small black spots on 2nd dorsal fin; anal fin membrane with many dark oblique lines. In females, the posterior half of the 1st dorsal fin black. In females and young males, marbled brown-colored area on lateral side of body rimmed with many small white circles. Caudal fin with small dark spots on upper half and uniformly dark on lower half, in both sexes.
habitats	Inhabits sand and mud bottoms in coastal areas.
Distribution	Distributed in the Northwest Pacific from central Japan and the East China Sea to Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.