Green Spotted Mandarin Goby
The spotted mandarin dragonet synchiropus picturatus also known as the picturesque dragonet and the spotted mandarin goby is one of the most beautiful fish in the entire marine aquarium trade.
Green spotted mandarin goby. Target spotted dragonet target spot goby spotted goby target madarin target dragonette green spot mandarin dragonet green spot mandarin goby. These can either be a solid black or outlined with green and orange circles. The wavy designs found on their blue or red cousins.
While they may look different they are the same species. In some areas the beautiful fish is also called green mandarin dragonet or striped mandarin. Spotted mandarins synchiropus picturatus offer a middle ground between the scooter blenny and green mandarin in terms of difficulty.
The green mandarin dragonet synchiropus splendidus features a vibrant green scaleless body with orange and blue wavy lines across the body and tail highlighted in blue edging. Sexing edit edit source the male is larger than the female and also has a long extended dorsal fin but this is rarely displayed. This genus is often mistaken as the other member of mandarin fish.
Male green mandarin dragonets also have a large pointed dorsal fin. Green mandarin goby synchiropus picturatus also known as the green mandarin goby or the spotted dragonet on the other hand is an entirely different species of fish and has a distinct ring or spot patterns on a green background vs.
