Scientific Name
Synchiropus corallinus
Common Name
Exclamation point dragonet
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 8. Dorsoposterior edge of eye with a pair of supraorbital cirri. Long, somewhat pointed snout. Male with first dorsal fin high and elongate; and with an inverse Y-shaped, blackish brown blotch on the throat. The female with a large dark mark at the base of its pelvic fin (Ref. 37433).