Scientific Name	Chaunax penicillatus   Pronounce			by: Hsuan-Ching Ho
Author	McCulloch, 1915	Depth	640 - 658M
Chinese	雲紋單棘躄魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	單棘躄魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F232　Chaunacidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	雲紋單棘躄魚
Max Length	32 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	單棘躄魚、五腳虎 (臺東)
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	60 kilometers southwest of Cape Everard, Victoria, Australia, depth 160-200 fathoms
Synonyms	Chaunax pencillatus, Chaunax tosaensis
Reference	Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.   Allan R. McCulloch 1915 Le Danois, Y. 1978 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058059. ASIZP0063067. ASIZP0063178. ASIZP0063179. ASIZP0063180. ASIZP0063181. ASIZP0063182. ASIZP0063183. ASIZP0064481. ASIZP0064502. ASIZP0064525. ASIZP0064565. ASIZP0064591. ASIZP0064598. ASIZP0065399. ASIZP0065412. ASIZP0067862. ASIZP0070139. ASIZP0070162. ASIZP0803623. ASIZP0805049. ASIZP0805050. ASIZP0805051. ASIZP0805052. ASIZP0805053. ASIZP0913623. ASIZP0915049. ASIZP0915050. ASIZP0915051. ASIZP0915052. ASIZP0915053. ASIZP0917372. FRIP00231. FRIP03056.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Pencil coffinfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head large, rounded; skin rather loose, covered with numerous dermal spinules; illicium very short, not easy to see; illicial groove dark pigmented, strongly concave to form a deep trough; esca dark anterodorsally and white posteroventrally, bearing with numerous dermal appendages, hidden in the illicial groove; second and third dorsal spine embedded under skin; small dermal flap or filaments present on edge of body, chin and lower maxilla, numerous around illicial groove and above orbit; gill-opening above and behind the pectoral lobe; body orange to reddish with yellow vermiculation, white below; some deep reddish saddle-like band on dorsal.
habitats	It has a benthic inhabits found on continental shelves and slopes. Taken at 280-350m depth or less. Using the stalked pectoral and pelvic fins to across the bottom. First dorsal spine modified into a long rod with a lure at the end to attract preys.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Japan to east Australia, and Africa. It is very common species in northeast Taiwan off Suao.
Utility	Large one as fresh sea food, mostly no commercial value.