Scientific Name	Synchiropus grinnelli   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Fowler, 1941	Depth	195 - 357M
Chinese	格氏連鰭䲗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠䲗科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F453　Callionymidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	格氏連鰭䲗
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	老鼠、狗圻
Distribution in World	Middle West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	San Bernardino Strait to San Miguel Bay, Philippines, 12°55'26"N, 124°22'12"E, Albatross sta. 5475, 195 fm
Synonyms	Foetorepus grinnelli
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)  Fowler, H. W. 1941 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. Almost all dorsal-fin soft rays brached, 8 divided rays in the second dorsal fin, and in males have long filaments on the 1st dorsal-fin spine; last anal-fin soft rays simple; 2 median rays of caudal rays slightly filamentous in the male. 1st dorsal fin with an oval black blotch; anal fin transparent, with dark distal margin; base of caudal fin with 2 black spots and margin black.
habitats	Inhabits shallow coastal sand-flats.
Distribution	Distributed in Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.