Scientific Name	Repomucenus octostigmatus			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Fricke, 1981	Depth	6 - 593M
Chinese	斑臀䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑臀䲗
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sanderal Point, Catanauan, Quezon, Philippines, 70-78 fm
Synonyms	Repomucenus octostigmatus
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	ASIZP0072868. ASIZP0073427. ASIZP0073443. ASIZP0915962. ASIZP0915977.
Barcode	2010-01-25,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 3-4(few 2 or 6) short processes on inner side. In males, 1st and 2nd dorsal spines elongate and filamentous. Head and body brown, dorsally with many white-edged dark spots. Ventral sides whitish. Sides with 1 or 2 rows of dark blotches. First dorsal fin in males with many irregular white-edged dark lines. Fin distally blackish in females and young males. Second dorsal fin in males with vertical blackish streaks. Anal fin with 8 basal blackish spots. Caudal, pectoral, and pelvic fins spotted with brown.
habitats	Found on sand and mud bottoms. Feeds on crustaceans, worms, and snails. Utilized as fish meal; sometimes marketed fresh.
Distribution	Distributed from Andaman Sea to China, Philippines, Taiwan and New Guinea. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.