Synchiropus splendidus, the mandarinfish or mandarin dragonet, is a small, brightly colored member of the dragonet family, which is popular in the saltwater aquarium trade. The mandarinfish is native to the Pacific, ranging approximately from the Ryukyu Islands south to Australia. It can usually be found in some of the warmer waters.
Mandarinfish or mandarin fish may refer to:
Foetorepus is a genus of dragonets. The validity of this genus has been questioned with some experts regarding it as a junior synonym of Synchiropus.
Callionymus is a genus of dragonets found mostly in the Indian and Pacific oceans with a few species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.
The starry dragonet is a species of dragonet native to the Indian Ocean where it is found at depths of around 40 metres (130 ft). It occasionally is found in the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.
The ocellated dragonet or scooter dragonet is a species of tropical marine fish in the Callionymidae family. It is native to the southwest Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to the Marquesan Islands.
The picturesque dragonet is a brightly colored member of the dragonet family native to the Indo-West Pacific: Philippines, eastern Indonesia and northwest Australia. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade, where it is commonly known as the spotted mandarin, psychedelic mandarin or target mandarin.
Callionymus altipinnis, the highfin deepwater dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean around China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Callionymus beniteguri, the White-spotted dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the water around Japan and the East China Sea. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) SL. This species is of importance to local commercial fisheries.
The common dragonet is a species of dragonet which is widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic where it is common near Europe from Norway and Iceland southwards. It is a demersal species that occurs over sand bottoms. It lives to a maximum age of around seven years. It is caught in bycatch by fisheries and is used in the aquarium trade.
Synchiropus is a genus of fish in the family Callionymidae found mainly in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region.
High-finned dragonet, Synchiropus rameus, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of northwestern Australia as well as New Caledonia where it favors substrates consisting of sand or rubble and reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.
Synchiropus rubrovinctus, the tiny Hawaiian dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the western Pacific where it has been found around Japan, New Caledonia and Hawaii. This species occurs at depths of from 1 to 79 metres. This species reaches a length of 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in) TL.
Minysynchiropus kiyoae, Kiyo’s dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Pacific Ocean where it occurs around Japan and has been seen around Hawaii. This species can be found on coarse substrates at depths of from 5 to 14 metres. This species grows to a length of 2 centimetres (0.79 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. The specific name honours Mrs.Kiyoe Tanaka, the widow of Tatsuo Tanaka, who donated land, facilities, and her personal time for to help establish the Tatsuo Tanaka Memorial Biological Station on Miyake-jima, Japan.
Repomucenus is a genus of dragonets native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This genus also includes one freshwater species (R. olidus).
Morrison's dragonet is a species of dragonet. It is native to the southwest Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia ant eastwards to the Marshall Islands and Fiji. The specific name honours J.P.E. Morrison (1906-1983), the U.S. malacologist who was curator of molluscs at United States National Museum and who spent the summers of 1947 and 1948 at Bikini Atoll.
Diplogrammus goramensis, or Goram dragonet is a species of tropical marine fish in the Dragonet (Callionymidae) family. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean from China to Fiji.
Neosynchiropus is a small genus of Indo-Pacific dragonets. This genus is considered by some authorities to be a synonym of Synchiropus.
Callionymiformes is an order of bony fish containing two families, the dragonets Callionymidae and the Draconettidae. In some taxonomies these families make up the suborder Callionymoidei of the wider grouping known as Perciformes, Nelson (2016) recognised the order but subsequent workers have suggested that if Callionymiformes is recognised as an order then the order Syngnathiformes is rendered paraphyletic and include Callionmyoidei within that taxon.
