Scientific Name	Synchiropus splendidus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Herre, 1927)	Depth	0 - 100M
Chinese	花斑連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	花斑連鰭䲗
Max Length	6 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻、青蛙
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	LanI Is.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Bungau, Philippines, 2 fms
Synonyms	Callionymus splendidus, Neosynchiropus splendidus, Pterosynchiropus splendidus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Herre, A. W. C. T. 1927 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0072861. ASIZP0072881. ASIZP0915966. ASIZP0916002. NTUM06695. NTUM06730. NTUM07064.
Barcode	2010-01-25,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Mandarinfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately depressed. Preopercular spine with processes on both inner and outer sides. First dorsal fin slightly high in males; almost all dorsal-fin soft rays trifurcate, 8 divided rays in second dorsal fin; anal-fin soft rays branched except first; pelvic fin without free ray; pectoral fin with 30 rays. Body orange or orangish brown with broad curved bands, elongate spots, and dashes of green; blue marking on head and blue margins on fins.
habitats	Inhabits shallow protected lagoons and inshore reefs. Found on silty bottoms with coral and rubble. Usually in small groups spread over small area. Has been reared in captivity.
Distribution	Distributed in the Western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to Australia. It is found in Lanyu, southeastern Taiwan.
Utility	Well-known aquarium fish.