Scientific Name	Callionymus hindsii   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	Richardson, 1844	Depth	10 - 40M
Chinese	海氏䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	海氏䲗
Max Length	9 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Pacific Ocean [probably China or Singapore]
Synonyms	Callionymus hindsi, Calliurichthys hindsii
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine straight with 2-4 short processes on inner side. In males, 1st and 2nd dorsal spines elongate and filamentous; vertral sidae of body with many small dark spots; 1st dorsal fin with 3 broad oblique black bands. In females, 1st dorsal fin light yellowish-brown,and with two black spots on 2nd membrane. Other fins transparent in both sexes.
habitats	Found on sand bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Persian Gulf to China, Indonesia, Borneo, New Guinea, Philippines and the southern part of southeast Asia. It is possibly found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.