Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported from southern Taiwan (including Erh-jen-shi (Ref. 43515) and Hsiao-liu-chiu) and from Green Island (Ref. 48445). Also Ref. 47843.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Mandarin-fish, Scooter blenny, 老鼠, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Synchiropus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 30 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 30°N - 15°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Pacific Ocean: from Indonesia to the Pitcairn Group; north to Japan; south to Australia.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 90102)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 4; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 8 - 10; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 7 - 9. Identified by starry pattern on body and males by dorsal fin (Ref. 48636).

Inhabits sandy areas of lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602); in sheltered rocky reef habitats in few meters depth, usually in small loose groups (Ref. 48636). Occurs in rubble and algal turfs (Ref. 90102) and tidepools (Ref. 111072). Feeds on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 89972).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Fricke, Ronald | Colaboradores

Fricke, R., 2016. Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with a review of subgenus Synchiropus (Neosynchiropus) and description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). J. Nat. Hist. (Ref. 111072)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)