Scientific Name	Synchiropus ocellatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Pallas, 1770)	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	眼斑連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	眼斑連鰭䲗
Max Length	8 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Ambon I., Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Pallas, P. S. 1769 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054924. ASIZP0056860. ASIZP0057599. ASIZP0057627. ASIZP0059115. ASIZP0059277. ASIZP0059300. ASIZP0073431. ASIZP0073439. ASIZP0915987. NMMBP02507. NMMBP06609. NMMBP06609B. NMMSTP00921. NTOUP200801-056. NTOUP201006-330. NTUM06464. NTUM06873.
Barcode	2010-08-11,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Scooter blenny; Ocellated dragonet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately depressed. Preopercular spine with processes on both inner and outer sides. First dorsal fin high in males; almost all dorsal-fin soft rays bifurcate, 8 divided rays in second dorsal fin; anal-fin soft rays branched except first; pelvic fin without free ray; pectoral fin with 17-20 rays. Body marbled brown. In males, first dorsal fin with 4 ocelli and wavy bands; blackish-brown band on preopercle. In females, first dorsal fin black with white margin; anal fin with broad oblique brown lines.
habitats	Inhabits sandy areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. Also in sheltered rocky reef habitats in few meters depth, usually in small loose groups.
Distribution	Distributed in southern Japan to the Marquesan Islands. It is found in western and southern Taiwanese waters; and Siao Liouciou, southwestern Taiwan; Lyudao and Lanyu, southeastern Taiwan.
Utility	Aquarium fishes.