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Saltwater Fish

Mandarin Dragonet — What's a Fair Price?

Based on 8 in-stock listings across 3 online reef vendors, updated October 20, 2026.

Lowest today
$31.99
Median
$42.49
Highest today
$104.99
In stock now
8

A typical Mandarin Dragonet sells for around $42.49 right now. Anything near $31.99 is at the cheap end of today's market. Prices below are the cheapest current listing per vendor.

Cheapest per vendor

VendorListingPrice
Top Shelf Aquatics Target Mandarin — SM (1.1-1.5") $31.99 view →
Reefwise Mandarin Goby $39.99 view →
World Wide Corals Spotted Mandarin - Indonesia — < 2" / 1 $44.99 view →

Shipping differs by vendor (free-shipping thresholds, flat overnight rates) and can change which vendor is cheapest to your door.

Reading today's numbers

Today's 8 in-stock listings span $31.99 to $104.99 — the high end is 3.3× the low. For fish, a gap like that usually comes from listings at different size classes, or captive-bred versus wild-caught stock, rather than one vendor simply overcharging. The $42.49 median is the fairest single benchmark: half of those listings sit at or below it.

Keeping it alive once it arrives

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A new fish cares most about being acclimated gradually to your tank's own water rather than dropped straight into it — shipping bag water is best kept out of the tank — and then about being offered food it will actually take. Chewy — a general pet retailer that sells no live coral or marine fish, and is not one of the vendors this index tracks — carries reef salt mixes, saltwater test kits, marine fish food, and coral and invertebrate food.

Price history

The market median for Mandarin Dragonet has changed 57 times in 100 days of tracking. Median shifts here usually come from vendor promotion events or the in-stock mix changing rather than gradual drift (how these prices actually behave) — genuine repricings land on the price drops page as we observe them.

$30.01$91.49$153Jul 13: $64.99Jul 14: $44.99Jul 15: $42.49Jul 16: $42.49Jul 17: $42.49Jul 18: $42.49Jul 19: $39.99Jul 20: $43.99Jul 21: $43.99Jul 22: $43.99Jul 23: $41.99Jul 24: $43.99Jul 25: $43.99Jul 26: $64.99Jul 27: $41.99Jul 28: $43.99Jul 29: $43.99Jul 30: $42.49Jul 31: $41.99Aug 1: $39.99Aug 2: $39.99Aug 3: $39.99Aug 4: $42.49Aug 5: $42.49Aug 6: $42.49Aug 7: $44.99Aug 8: $44.99Aug 9: $44.99Aug 10: $64.49Aug 11: $46.49Aug 12: $46.49Aug 13: $46.49Aug 14: $46.49Aug 15: $46.49Aug 16: $46.49Aug 17: $44.99Aug 18: $46.49Aug 19: $46.49Aug 20: $46.49Aug 21: $47.99Aug 22: $47.99Aug 23: $47.99Aug 24: $47.99Aug 25: $46.49Aug 26: $47.99Aug 27: $65.99Aug 28: $47.99Aug 29: $47.99Aug 30: $47.99Aug 31: $44.99Sep 1: $44.99Sep 2: $47.99Sep 3: $44.49Sep 4: $44.99Sep 5: $44.99Sep 6: $67.49Sep 7: $67.49Sep 8: $67.49Sep 9: $144Sep 10: $43.99Sep 11: $43.99Sep 12: $43.99Sep 13: $43.99Sep 14: $44.49Sep 15: $44.49Sep 16: $44.99Sep 17: $44.99Sep 18: $67.49Sep 19: $89.99Sep 20: $89.99Sep 21: $89.99Sep 22: $43.99Sep 23: $41.99Sep 24: $39.99Sep 25: $38.49Sep 26: $39.99Sep 27: $39.99Sep 28: $144Sep 29: $43.99Sep 30: $43.99Oct 1: $44.99Oct 2: $42.99Oct 3: $43.99Oct 4: $42.49Oct 5: $39.99Oct 6: $42.49Oct 7: $39.49Oct 8: $38.99Oct 9: $39.49Oct 10: $39.49Oct 11: $39.49Oct 12: $39.99Oct 13: $39.49Oct 14: $42.49Oct 15: $39.49Oct 16: $43.49Oct 17: $44.99Oct 18: $44.99Oct 19: $44.99Oct 20: $42.49Jul 13Oct 20

Common questions

Every answer below is computed from this page's own numbers at build time, and updates with the daily data refresh.

How much does Mandarin Dragonet cost?
The median price is $42.49, based on 8 in-stock listings across 3 online reef vendors as of October 20, 2026. The range runs from $31.99 at the low end to $104.99 at the high end.
Which vendor has the cheapest Mandarin Dragonet?
Top Shelf Aquatics has the lowest current listing at $31.99, as of October 20, 2026. Prices exclude shipping, which differs by vendor and can change which store is cheapest to your door.
Which vendors sell Mandarin Dragonet?
3 of the online reef vendors the index tracks list it as of October 20, 2026: Top Shelf Aquatics at $31.99, Reefwise at $39.99 and World Wide Corals at $44.99. Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.
Has the price of Mandarin Dragonet changed?
Yes. The market median has changed 57 times across the 100 days the index has tracked it. Shifts here usually come from vendor promotion events or the in-stock mix changing rather than gradual drift.
Is Mandarin Dragonet in stock right now?
8 of the 35 listings the index tracks for it were in stock as of October 20, 2026, across 3 vendors.

Cite this page: Reef Price Index, "Mandarin Dragonet price," data through October 20, 2026. https://reefpriceindex.com/species/mandarin-dragonet

Related reading from our data

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