Scientific Name	Onigocia spinosa   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Depth	5 - 250M
Chinese	棘鱗牛尾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	牛尾魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F313　Platycephalidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鋸齒鱗鯒
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	竹甲、狗祈仔、牛尾
Distribution in World	Japan to East China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Insidiator spinosus, Platycephalus spinosus, Thysanophrys spinosus
Reference	1. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes.. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.；3. Knapp, L. W. 1999. Family Platycephalidae. In: Carpenter and Niem (ed). Species identification guide for fisheries purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. v. 4: iii-v; 2069-2790；4. Shao, K. T. and J. P. Chen, 1987. Fishes of the family Platycephalidae (Teleostei: Platycephaloidei) of Taiwan with descriptions of two new species. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 26(1):77-94.  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 Sainsbury, K.J. etc. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055622. ASIZP0056044. ASIZP0056049. ASIZP0058562. ASIZP0059201. ASIZP0059399. ASIZP0060231. ASIZP0060923. ASIZP0061015. ASIZP0061088. ASIZP0061183. ASIZP0061218. ASIZP0061572. ASIZP0062351. ASIZP0066617. ASIZP0074802. ASIZP0075162. ASIZP0078803. ASIZP0079020. ASIZP0801794. ASIZP0806638. ASIZP0911794. ASIZP0916638. CAS30317. CAS54836. FRIP03133. NMMBP03224. NMMBP08863. NMMBP09041. NMMSTP00753. NMMSTP01584. NTUM03644. NTUM05244. NTUM07050. NTUM08201. RUSI43039. ...List all 36 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Midget flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with I-VIII spines and 11-12 soft rays; anal fin with 11-12 soft rays; pectoral fin with 20-22 soft rays; lateral line scales 35-42; gill rakers 1+3-5. Side of head unicarinate. A short, branched supra ocular cirrus present. Infraorbital ridge entirely serrated over eye. Preopercular spines 3-5, not noticeably slanting towards mid-line; no smooth notch under eye. Antorbital margin with 3 antrorse spines. Lower side of head unicarinate. Lateral line scales frequently 37 or 38, anterior 7 to 27 scales bearing a small spine or ridge. Iris lappet bearing numerous short branches with bifurcate tips. Upper surface of eye with a short, branched cirrus.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment; depth range -200m; occurs inshore; taken by trawling over sand and mud bottoms to 250 m. Nocturnal, buried in the substrate during the day.
Distribution	Western Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan, South China Sea, Philippines, northwest shelf of Australia through Timor and Arafura seas.
Utility	Not commercial food species.