Scientific Name
Repomucenus olidus  
Pronounce  
Repomucenus olidus橄斜棘䲗
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Author (Günther, 1873) Depth - M
Chinese 橄斜棘䲗 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 鼠䲗科 Economic Fish No 
Family F453 Callionymidae Edible Fish No  Chinese In Mainland China 香斜棘䲗 
Max Length 7 cm  Aquarium Fish No  Common Name 老鼠、狗圻 
Distribution in World North West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan North 
Habitats Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、Coastal  Holotype Locality Shanghai, China 
Synonyms Callionymus olidus   
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002);Fishbase(2006)  Günther, A. 1873 Nakabo, T. etc. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 
Specimen List
Common Name Dragonet 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic Body elongate, strongly depressed. Head extremely depressed. Preopercular spine with 3-5 processes on inner side. In males, 1st dorsal spines slightly elongate and filamentous; caudal fin rounded. Body brown; 1st dorsal fin pale in male, dark in female; 2nd dorsal fin transparent in both sexes, usually with black spot on base; anal fin transparent; caudal fin with 1 or 2 rows of vertical spots.
habitats Inhabits sand and mud bottoms. 
Distribution Distributed in China and Taiwan. 
Utility No commercial value.