📸 PhotoPhoto: Luc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Mandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus (Mandarinfish · ニシキテグリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 It is a well-known marine aquarium fish, and FishBase notes that it is traded for aquariums.
- 💡 A James Cook University dissertation abstract notes that adults mainly feed on live small crustaceans.
- 💡 Its maximum body length of 7 cm is about 2.6 times the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (2.65 cm) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The mandarinfish is a colorful small marine fish of around 7 cm living in shallow lagoons and coral reefs of the western Pacific.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has 4 dorsal spines, 8 dorsal soft rays, and 6–8 anal soft rays. Rarely, individuals have a bright red background body color.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It lives spread out over small areas in small groups. Adults mainly eat live small crustaceans.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2019) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/141481104/141781313
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 7B8W2
- • iucnredlist.org — 141781313
- • wikidata.org — Q77062
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Synchiropus splendidus 2 Luc Viatour.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Synchiropus-splendidus.html
- • researchonline.jcu.edu.au — 47308
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Callionymus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.