Scientific Name	Callionymus variegatus   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Temminck & Schlegel, 1845	Depth	- M
Chinese	奇䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	曳絲䲗
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
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms
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
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine straight with 5-6 very short processes on inner side. In males, 1st and 2nd dorsal spines elongate and filamentous; the middle rays of caudal fin elongate; vertral side of body with vermiculated dark lines; tips of vertral side of lower jaw not black; anal fin with broad black distal margin. In females, 1st dorsal-fin membrane between 2nd to 3rd with a small black blotch; anal fin with narrow black distal margin.
habitats	Inhabits sandy bottoms in Zostera beds or rocky reefs.
Distribution	Distributed from southern Japan to Taiwan. It is found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.