Scientific Name	Synchiropus corallinus			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Gilbert, 1905)	Depth	12 - 58M
Chinese	珊瑚連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	珊瑚連鰭䲗
Max Length	3.7 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻、珊瑚擬雙線
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	LanI Is.
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Avau Channel, between Maui I. and Lanai I., Hawaiian Is., U.S.A., Albatross sta. 3876 [or 3873], 32-37 fms
Synonyms	Callionymus corallinus, Paradiplogrammus corallinus, Synchiropus kiyoae
Reference	Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Gilbert, C. H. 1905 Nakabo, T. 1991 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Head extremely depressed. Dorsoposterior edge of eye with a pair of supraorbital cirri; snout long, somewhat pointed; preopercular spine short with 4-6 processes on inner side; Male with first dorsal fin high and elongate; and with an inverse Y-shaped, blackish brown blotch on the throat, anal fin dark. The female with a large dark mark at the base of its pelvic fin.
habitats	Found on mixed volcanic and coral sand, broken shells, and rubble substrate, with low relief and no algal cover (rarely on pure sand).
Distribution	Distributed in Taiwan, Japan, New Caledonia, and Hawaii. It is found in Lyudao, southeastern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.