Scientific Name	Repomucenus lunatus   Pronounce			by: ©Matsuura, Keiichi
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)	Depth	- M
Chinese	彎月斜棘䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	月斑斜棘䲗
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
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	NMMBP05416.
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, strongly depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine short with 2-4 processes on inner side. In males, first dorsal spines elongate and filamentous; first dorsal fin with black blotch on 4th membrane; anal fin uniformly dark. In females, 1st dorsal fin almost uniform black, with white line on 1st membrane. Caudal fin with small dark spots on upper half and with broad dark band on lower half in both sexes.
habitats	Inhabits sand and mud bottoms in offshore waters.
Distribution	Distributed in the Northwest Pacific including Japan, Taiwan and the western coast of the Korean Peninsula. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.