Scientific Name	Scorpaena onaria   Pronounce			by: Kuo-Chang Wen
Author	Jordan & Snyder, 1900	Depth	100 - 250M
Chinese	後頜鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	後頜鮋
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	斑點鮋、石狗公、石頭魚、沙薑虎(澎湖)、臭頭格子(澎湖)
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats		Holotype Locality	Misaki, Japan
Synonyms	Scorpaena neglecta neglecta
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1900 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Hiroyuki Motomura 2005 Motomura, H., C. D. Paulin etc. 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0056235. ASIZP0060378. ASIZP0061355. ASIZP0065474. ASIZP0078302. ASIZP0807188. ASIZP0917188. FRIP21028. FRIP21614. NMMBP02548. NTUM07681. NTUM08412. NTUM08413. NTUM08628. SU49446.
Barcode	2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Western scorpionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 10 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5 soft rays. Body reddish; scattered with irregular pale blotches and some black dots; a large black patch at the posterior part of dorsal fin from 7th to 10th spines. Mouth oblique; upper jaw reaching below posterior margin of eye.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine enviornment, nocturnal, feed on small fish and crustacean during night. Other ecological behaviour is unclear yet.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.