Scientific Name
Callionymus martinae  
Pronounce  
Callionymus martinae火星䲗
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Author Fricke, 1981 Depth 74 - 92M
Chinese 火星䲗 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 鼠䲗科 Economic Fish No 
Family F453 Callionymidae Edible Fish No  Chinese In Mainland China 黑緣䲗 
Max Length   Aquarium Fish No  Common Name 老鼠、狗圻 
Distribution in World Taiwan   Distribution in Taiwan West、South 
Habitats Benthos、Coastal  Holotype Locality Taiwan, southwest of Kao-Hsiung into China Sea, 40-50 fms 
Synonyms Calliurichthys martinae   
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);Fishbase(2006)  Fricke, R. 1981 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 
Specimen List CAS28206Holotype. CAS47769Paratype.  
Common Name Dragonet 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 3-4 short processes on inner side. No dorsal spines elongate and filamentous; caudal fin rounded. In formalin, light brown dorsally, with white blotch by black edge; a broad dark brown stripe below eye; a rows of dark bwown spots on middle of side; 1st dorsal-fin membrane with numerous small white spots; anal fin with black distal margin; caudal fin with 3 rows of vertical dark spots.
habitats Benthic, on sand bottoms. Feeds on small bottom organisms. 
Distribution Known only found in southwestern Taiwan. 
Utility No commercial value.