Scientific Name	Synchiropus altivelis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)	Depth	70 - 600M
Chinese	紅連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紅連鰭䲗
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ohomura, near Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Callionymus altivelis, Foetorepus altivelis, Foetorepus altivelus, Synchirops altivelis, Synchiropus altevelis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Schultz, L.P. 1948 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055229. ASIZP0062382. ASIZP0065133. ASIZP0065952. ASIZP0065961. ASIZP0066455. ASIZP0072872. ASIZP0073692. ASIZP0700142. ASIZP0800681. ASIZP0800811. ASIZP0800812. ASIZP0801467. ASIZP0910681. ASIZP0910811. ASIZP0910812. ASIZP0911467. ASIZP0915981. NMMBP02504. NMMBP02505. NMMBP02604. NMMBP02607. NMMBP02839. NMMBP03077. NMNSF00403. NTMP0192. NTUM06760.
Barcode	2010-07-05,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 both sexes first dorsal spine long ＆ flamentous with; last anal-fin soft rays simple; numerous median caudal rays filamentous in male. Body reddish; 1st dorsal fin with a large dark mark which becomes faint with growth; 2nd dorsal fin yellow with many pinkish oblique lines; no small dark mark on upper pectoral-fin base; anal fin transparent in males, with dark blotches in females.
habitats	Inhabits deep trawling grounds.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Seychelles, Indonesia to northwestern Australia, north to the northern South China Sea, Taiwan and southern Japan. It is found in southwestern Taiwanese waters; and Siao Liouciou, southwestern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.