Scientific Name	Sebastiscus tertius   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Barsukov & Chen, 1978)	Depth	60 - 940M
Chinese	三色石狗公	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	三色菖鮋
Max Length	37 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石狗公、石頭魚、凸目仔（北部）
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Coral	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Sebastes tertius
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Barsukov, V. V. etc. 1978 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0061696. ASIZP0063519. ASIZP0063641. ASIZP0069742. ASIZP0071632. ASIZP0073218. ASIZP0803258. ASIZP0805693. ASIZP0900144. ASIZP0913258. ASIZP0915693. MTP0153. NMMBP04946. NMNSF00666. NMNSF01583. NTUM07678. SIO75-482d. SIO75-499.
Barcode	2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XI-XIII spines and 11-12 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5-6 soft rays; pectoral fin with 18-20 soft rays; lateral line scales 49-54; gill rakers 7-9+23-27; vertebras 10+15. Closely related to S. marmoratus, but differs in having usually 19 pectoral rays, thin unbranched pectoral rays, a larger number of gill rakers, and a pinkish body, sometimes with greenish markings on dorsal part of head.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment, found in the sublittoral zone, on rock bottom. Viviparous. Attains about 37 cm SL. This species was described as new by Barsukov and Chen (1978). It was said that the specimens were a deep sea type of S. marmoratus
Distribution	Western Pacific: Miyagi Prefecture in Japan to the East China Sea and the southern Korean Peninsula. Also a first record in Indonesian waters.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.