CALLIONYMIDAE Repomucenus schaapii, 6.7 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Repomucenus schaapii (Bleeker, 1852) Short-snout Sand Dragonet D IV+9; A 9; P1 16-19. Body depressed; transverse canal branch connecting opposite lateral line canals on dorsal part of caudal peduncle. Head depressed; distal tip of preopercular spine inwardly curved. All rays of second dorsal fin unbranched, excepting last ray; anterior 3 spine of first dorsal fin greatly elongate and filiform in male, while not in female. Color: head and body brown dorsally, whitish ventrally, mottled with indistinct dusky spots; a large black spot covering upper half of pectoral-fin base. Size: 6.5 cm. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and West and Central Pacific. Remarks: found in shallow costal waters and brackish water area. No commercial importance.