Scientific Name	Apistus carinatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	14 - 60M
Chinese	稜鬚簑鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	稜鬚簑鮋
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	獅子魚、國公、白虎、鬚簑鮋
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tranquebar [Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu State, India, Indian Ocean]
Synonyms	Apistus balnearum, Apistus carenatus, Apistus faurei, Apistus israelitarum, Hypodytes carinatus, Scorpaena carinata
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2008)；Poss, S.G. and K.V. Rama Rao, 1984. Scorpaenidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 4. FAO,  W.Fischer etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059041. ASIZP0060458. ASIZP0062033. ASIZP0062163. ASIZP0064290. ASIZP0066721. ASIZP0066899. ASIZP0074535. ASIZP0700234. CAS28176. FRIP03300. NMMBP00728. NMMBP00958. NMMBP02688. NMMBP05330. NMMBP06270. NMMBP06271. NMMBP06272. NTUM01432. NTUM03344. NTUM03852. NTUM04409. NTUM06919. NTUM06920. NTUM07679. NTUM07682. NTUM07700. SIO70-274o. SIO80-212h. SIO80-214f. USNM00200291.
Common Name	Ocellated waspfish; Sulky; Bullrout; Bearded waspfish; Long-finned waspfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin XII-XIV spines and 8-10 soft rays; anal fin with III -IV spines and 6-8 soft rays. Bluish grey in color, belly pale; large black spot on rear half of spinous dorsal.
habitats	Inhabits soft bottoms of the continental shelf. Primarily known from trawls over prawn-grounds but divers looking in suitable habitats can come across them, especially at night. During the day it buries itself deep in the sand with just the eyes exposed.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf south to Natal, South Africa and east to India and the Philippines, north to China and Japan, south Australia.
Utility	Not commercial fishery species.