Scientific Name	Synchiropus masudai			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Nakabo, 1987	Depth	100 - 200M
Chinese	益田氏連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	益田氏連鰭䲗
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	益田氏連鰭、老鼠、狗圻、益田氏棘紅
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kochi, Japan
Synonyms	Foetorepus altivelis, Foetorepus delandi, Foeturepus masudai, Synchiropus masudai
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Nakabo, T. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0062245. ASIZP0062246. ASIZP0063549. ASIZP0067458. ASIZP0067895. ASIZP0072870. ASIZP0072874. ASIZP0072880. ASIZP0073422. ASIZP0073423. ASIZP0073424. ASIZP0073436. ASIZP0073438. ASIZP0073449. ASIZP0073703. ASIZP0073720. ASIZP0073744. ASIZP0073745. ASIZP0802271. ASIZP0803656. ASIZP0900308. ASIZP0912271. ASIZP0913656. ASIZP0915957. ASIZP0915978. ASIZP0915979. ASIZP0915983. ASIZP0915986. ASIZP0915992. ASIZP0915999. ASIZP0916415. ASIZP0916424.
Barcode	2010-09-06,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Mouth small; upper edge of lower lip without fleshy papillae; almost all dorsal-fin soft rays branched, 8 divided rays in the second dorsal fin; and first spine long filaments in male dorsal-fin; last anal-fin soft rays simple. Body reddish; 1st dorsal fin without distinct blotch; 2nd dorsal fin with white vertical line on each membrane; a small dark mark on upper pectoral-fin base; posterior 1/2 of pelvic fin with a large dusky mark.
habitats	Inhabits shelf edges.
Distribution	Distributed in Japan and Taiwan. It is found in northeastern and southern Taiwanese waters; and Siao Liouciou, southwestern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.