Posted on 27 April 2025. Tags: tropical fish keeping, West Australia Dragonet (Synchiropus occidentalis)
The West Australia Dragonet (Synchiropus occidentalis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the West Australian Mandarin Dragonet, or Occidentalis Dragonet is a rare subspecies of Synchiropus picturatus distributed from the Monte Bellos Islands northwards to the Timor Sea. Synchiropus occidentalis‘ limited distribution Southeast of Elphik’s Knob, the northeastern end of Rosemary Island, Dampier Islands […]
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Posted on 27 April 2025. Tags: Picturesque Dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus), tropical fish keeping
The Picturesque Dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the , Picture Dragonet, Spotted Mandarin, Spotted Mandarinfish, Target Mandarin, Psychedelic Mandarinfish, and Psychedelic Fish is native to the Western Pacific Ocean throughout Philippine, South East Asian, Indonesian, and northwest Australian seas. The Picturesque Dragonet is a shy, secretive species normally encountered alone, […]
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Posted on 24 April 2025. Tags: Mandarin Goby (Synchiropus splendidus), tropical fish keeping
The Mandarin Goby (Synchiropus splen didus) known by various names to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts such as the Mandarinfish, Mandarin, Mandarin Dragonet, Striped Mandarin Fish, Striped Dragonet, Green Mandarin, and Psychedelic Goby is native to the Western Pacific Ocean including the Coral Triangle, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Hong Kong, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Taiwan, Japan, […]
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