Scientific Name	Neomerinthe procurva   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Chen, 1981	Depth	20 - 920M
Chinese	曲背新棘鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	新棘鮋
Max Length	14.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Ta-chi [Daxi], northeastern Taiwan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishbase(2008)；Chen, L. C. (1981) Scorpaenid fishes of Taiwan. Q. J. Taiwan Mus. (Taipei) v. 34 (nos. 1/2): 1-60  Chen, L. C. 1981 Thomas Gloerfelt-Tarp etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0058367. ASIZP0060032. ASIZP0061013. ASIZP0061403. ASIZP0061415. ASIZP0061419. ASIZP0061436. ASIZP0062363. ASIZP0062364. ASIZP0063640. ASIZP0063653. ASIZP0065767. ASIZP0065838. ASIZP0065971. ASIZP0066365. ASIZP0070450. ASIZP0070705. ASIZP0075150. ASIZP0800709. ASIZP0801154. ASIZP0801155. ASIZP0806626. ASIZP0901248. ASIZP0910709. ASIZP0911154. ASIZP0911155. ASIZP0916626. CAS211487. CAS42141Paratype. CAS47306Holotype. NMMBP02573. NTUM07751. SIO80-212q. SIO80-223c.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 9 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5 soft rays; pectoral fin with 18-20(19) soft rays. suborbital ridge with 4 spines, 4 reopercular spines. The 3rd dorsal spines longest, lower jaw not protrude.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment; depth range 20 - 920 m. Other information unclear yet.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Indonesia and Taiwan.
Utility	Not commercial food species.