Scientific Name	Hoplichthys langsdorfii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1829	Depth	20 - 100M
Chinese	郎氏針鯒	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	針鯒科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F314　Hoplichthyidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	藍氏棘鯒
Max Length	16 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	針牛尾
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Oplichthys langsdorfii
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1.. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058300. ASIZP0058302. ASIZP0058726. ASIZP0059051. ASIZP0060049. ASIZP0060509. ASIZP0060566. ASIZP0061089. ASIZP0061106. ASIZP0061219. ASIZP0063261. ASIZP0067801. ASIZP0067819. ASIZP0067833. ASIZP0067936. ASIZP0068374. ASIZP0070288. ASIZP0803562. ASIZP0803580. ASIZP0803594. ASIZP0803697. ASIZP0913562. ASIZP0913580. ASIZP0913594. ASIZP0913697. FRIP00553. FRIP00554. FRIP00555. FRIP00556. NMMBP02535. NMMBP02541. NMMBP02858. NMMBP03736. NMMBP05340. NMMBP05773. NMMSTP00137. NTHUB02103. ...List all 39 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Ghost flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VI spines and 15 soft rays; anal fin with 16-18 soft rays; pectoral fin with 12-13 + 3-4 soft rays; gill rakers 10-14. Snout as long as eye diameter in young, slightly longer than the diameter in adout. Interorbital space very narrow, the width contained 4 to 5 times in the eye diameter. Each lateral scute with 2 strong spines directed backwards. Fourth to 8th dorsal rays prolonged into filaments in adult males.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, other ecological behavior is not clear yet.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan to the East China Sea.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.