This guy lives outside the house as well, he has a smaller sibling... this one is 2.5cm long, the small one 1.5cm
NO tiney Frogfish but SYNCHIROPUS OCCELATUS THis is the SYNCHIROPUS OCCELATUS and NOT a FROGFISH. Very nice and there fore easy to Identify....it is a ground dweller and close relative of the Mandarinfish of wich I will attached (again) a picture.. Several species of Synchiropus can be found in the PHILS The Mandarin Fish can be found in Cebu , Surigao and Zamboanga.. The Spotted mandarin Fish comes from Palawan and is getting more rare nowadys.. The S. occelatus is very ambudant in Batangas area For RHOODY the males have a prolonged DORSAL FIN unlike the pretty short dorsal fin of the females... 1. Green mandarin Fish 2. Spotted mandarinfish
