Scientific Name
Synchiropus ijimae
Common Name
Japanese dragonet
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 7. A pair of supraorbital cirri present. The first dorsal fin of male high, broad and with many narrow white lines. Preopercular spine with an antrorse process at base which is absent in N. ocellatus and N. morrisoni. Attains 7 cm SL.