Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The picturesque dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus) 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 .
Southern Mandarin dogfish (Cirrhigaleus australis) a related dogfish shark species also known as the southern mandarin dogfish, native to Australia and New Zealand Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mandarinfish .
Four types of swimming are observed in the dragonet. The first is burst swimming, the most common of the four, and utilized during foraging. The dragonet uses its pelvic fins to propel its body off of a substrate, and then its pectoral fins to guide itself forward. The second is continuous swimming, often utilized by males when approaching a ...
Synchiropus sechellensis Regan, 1908 (Seychelles dragonet) Synchiropus signipinnis R. Fricke, 2000 (Chesterfield big-eye dragonet) Synchiropus splendidus (Herre, 1927) (Mandarin dragonet) Synchiropus springeri R. Fricke, 1983 (Springer's dragonet) Synchiropus stellatus J. L. B. Smith, 1963 (Starry dragonet)
Dragonets are often mis-categorized as gobies or blennies by fish sellers. They are bottom-dwelling fish that constantly hunt tiny invertebrates for food. Most starve to death in a marine aquarium unless you provide a refugium or place for the invertebrates to reproduce safely without any fish being able to reach them. [57] [58]
The scooter dragonet grows to approximately 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long. Viewed from above, it is distinctly diamond-shaped with the horizontal pectoral fins located at its widest point. It is brown and tan with a striped or spotted pattern- males are usually more colorful and have a large sail-like dorsal fin that is bright orange at the base.
The 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.