Scientific Name	Callionymus valenciennei   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Temminck & Schlegel, 1845	Depth	20 - 264M
Chinese	瓦氏䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	瓦氏䲗
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki Bay, Japan.
Synonyms	Callionymus flagris, Repomucenus valenciennei
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NMMBP06109.
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 2-4 processes on inner side. In males, all dorsal spines and almost caudal-fin rays elongate and filamentous; 1st dorsal fin with black spots on 2nd to 4th membrane; anal fin with black distal margin. In females, 1st dorsal fin with large black blotch on 3rd membrane. Caudal fin uniformly with small dark spots in both sexes.
habitats	Inhabits muddy bottoms of bays.
Distribution	Distributed in Japan, the western coast of the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.