Scientific Name	Synchiropus lateralis   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Richardson, 1844)	Depth	0 - 10M
Chinese	側斑連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	側斑連鰭䲗
Max Length	6 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	Pacific Ocean
Synonyms	Callionymus lateralis, Callionymus lineolatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, depressed. Mouth small. Upper edge of lower lip without fleshy papillae. 1st dorsal fin low in both sexes; almost all dorsal-fin soft rays brached, 8 divided rays in the second dorsal fin; caudal fin rounded or slightly truncate. Body pale brown with 5 dark brown oblique bands. In males, 1st dorsal fin light brown with brown blotches, white spots and lines; anal fin with a broad distal black margin, and usually scattered with white lines. In females, 1st dorsal fin with 2 rows of brown spots; anal fin brown.
habitats	Inhabits shallow coastal sand-flats.
Distribution	Distributed in South China Sea and Taiwan. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.