Scientific Name	Dactylopus dactylopus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1837)	Depth	1 - 55M
Chinese	指鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	指腳䲗
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	no locality
Synonyms	Callionymus dactylopus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1837 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0070352. ASIZP0072851. ASIZP0072885. ASIZP0072888. ASIZP0074780. ASIZP0900289. ASIZP0915951. ASIZP0916926. NMMBP08864. NMMSTP00803. NTMP1134. NTUM04440.
Barcode	2009-08-31,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Fingered dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately depressed. Preopercular spine with processes on both inner and outer sides. Almost all dorsal-fin soft rays brached, 8 divided rays in the second dorsal fin, the fin with a distinct horizontal pattern of lines in adults, first dorsal fin spine long filaments in male; in last anal-fin soft rays brached; pelvic spine and 1st pelvic ray fused into an elongate rod, separated from the other pelvic rays. Body brown scattered with darh blotches on head, body and fins.
habitats	Lives on sand-weed bottoms. Inhabits protected sand and mud flats and slopes at depths of 1 to 55 m; also include estuaries and deep water.
Distribution	Distributed in Japan to northwestern Australia. It is found in sputhern and northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	Aquarium fishes.