Dragonnet ID

[Poulpo]

Hello,
I want to find a female for my dragonnet. It seems there is a lot of subspecies... Synchiropus marmoratus, sycorax, stellatus... Does anyone can help? Alternatively, do you know a good website for fish ID?

 

[LovinlifeinGuam]

That appears to be a male Ruby Red Dragonette...I forget the scientific name...you can tell it's a male because of how prominent the fin is.

 

[Paul B]

It's not a Ruby Red, they are much more "redder". I have 3 of them.





I think it's just a regular male red dragonette. Which I also have a couple.

 

[Poulpo]

Ruby red is the common name of synchiropus sycorax but the pattern of the fin is not the same...

 

[Poulpo]

Here are two other pictures...

 

[Poulpo]

It's not a Ruby Red, they are much more "redder". I have 3 of them.





I think it's just a regular male red dragonette. Which I also have a couple.

It ressemble a lot the regular one. Do you know the scientific name of yours? Can you mix different species of scooter dragonet. I heard they would fight.

 

[timmyrules]

Looks like a red scooter dragonett!

SYNCHIROPUS STELLATUS - RED SCOOTER DRAGONET

 

[i cant think]

Hello,
I want to find a female for my dragonnet. It seems there is a lot of subspecies... Synchiropus marmoratus, sycorax, stellatus... Does anyone can help? Alternatively, do you know a good website for fish ID?

Looks like it could be a male S. stellatus or S. moyeri

 

[Paul B]

It ressemble a lot the regular one. Do you know the scientific name of yours? Can you mix different species of scooter dragonet. I heard they would fight.

Yes you can. I have a pair of ruby reds, a pair or three regular red dragonettes and a pair of mandarins.

They all ignore each other but the pairs spawn.

I don't know the scientific names, I'm lucky I know my own name. :cool: