Scientific Name	Lophiomus setigerus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Vahl, 1797)	Depth	30 - 800M
Chinese	黑口鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F227　Lophiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑鮟鱇
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鮟鱇、九牙(臺東)、死囝仔魚(澎湖)、合笑(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、South West、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	China Sea
Synonyms	Chirolophius laticeps, Chirolophius malabaricus, Laphiomus setigerus, Lophiomus longicephalus, Lophius indicus, Lophius setigerus, Lophius viviparus
Reference	Vahl, M. 1797 Caruso, J. H. 1981 Caruso, J. H. 1983 Caruso, J. H. 1985 Lee, S.-C. 1988 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055363. ASIZP0055448. ASIZP0058225. ASIZP0058676. ASIZP0059829. ASIZP0061085. ASIZP0061137. ASIZP0062543. ASIZP0062544. ASIZP0062545. ASIZP0062569. ASIZP0062570. ASIZP0062571. ASIZP0062572. ASIZP0062574. ASIZP0062575. ASIZP0062576. ASIZP0062937. ASIZP0063059. ASIZP0063517. ASIZP0064574. ASIZP0067752. ASIZP0067786. ASIZP0067890. ASIZP0068126. ASIZP0068243. ASIZP0068329. ASIZP0068370. ASIZP0070160. ASIZP0073490. ASIZP0073491. ASIZP0073780. ASIZP0073901. ASIZP0075156. ASIZP0803513. ASIZP0803547. ASIZP0803651. ...List all 90 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Blackmouth angler; Baudroie bouché noire; Blackmouth goosefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body disk rounded; head broad and depressed; skin smoothly and scaleless, with numerous tasseled, fleshy appendages; posterior margin of frontal edge with 3-4 large spine in each side; mouth broad and large, premaxilla not extending to below anterior margin of eye, lower jaw well extended beyond the premaxilla; both jaws with more than three rows of well developed, depressible teeth; vomer and patalal with teeth; pseudobranch present; gill opening large, restricted below and behind pectoral fin base; interorbit broad and slightly caved; articular with a single spine anterolateral to jaw joint; quadrate with a single lower spine; humeral spine well developed and complex with 2-7 spines. Illicium long, slender, pale, devoid of tendrils, longer than the second dorsal spine; esca with well-developed pennant-like membrane, long cirri and a pair of dark, eye-like appendages; second dorsal spine short, stout, with numerous dark tendrils. Body uniform light to dusky on dorsal surface and lightly pigmented on ventral surface; peritoneum dusky or light; inside of mouth floor black with white speck. D VI, 8; P 22-24; A 6; V 5; C 9; vertebrae 19.
habitats	Marine. Bathydemersal, found in the outer continental shelf and upper slope, usually in depth 50-250 m. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lure at the end call illicium and esca, acts as a fishing lure to attract preys.
Distribution	Throughout Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 30-500 m.
Utility	Large one as fresh sea food, mostly no commercial value.