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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 .
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 small percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek kallis, "beautiful" and onyma, "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most of their time near the sandy bottoms, at a depth of roughly two hundred meters.
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.
Synchiropus bartelsi, also known as Bartel's dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to southern Indonesia.
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 (3.3 to 259.2 ft). This species reaches a length of 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in) TL. [1]