Scientific Name	Lophiodes mutilus   Pronounce			by: Hsuan-Ching Ho
Author	(Alcock, 1894)	Depth	300 - 760M
Chinese	大眼擬鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F227　Lophiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大眼擬鮟鱇
Max Length	28 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	光擬鮟鱇、鮟鱇
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Bay of Bengal [eastern Indian Ocean], 15°04'07"N, 80°25'07"E, Investigator station 137, depth 128 fathoms
Synonyms	Chirolophius japanicus, Chirolophius japonicus, Chirolophius mutilus, Laphiodes mutilus, Lophiodes olivaceus, Lophioides mutilus, Lophius lugubris, Lophius mutilus, Lophius papillosus, Lophius quinqueradiatus, Lophoides lugubris, Lophoides mutilus
Reference	Alcock, A. W. 1894 Caruso, J. H. 1981 Caruso, J. H. 1985 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057246. ASIZP0058226. ASIZP0062584. ASIZP0062585. ASIZP0062586. ASIZP0062941. ASIZP0063060. ASIZP0063070. ASIZP0063167. ASIZP0063168. ASIZP0063169. ASIZP0063172. ASIZP0063173. ASIZP0063174. ASIZP0063177. ASIZP0063282. ASIZP0063286. ASIZP0063287. ASIZP0063288. ASIZP0063723. ASIZP0064484. ASIZP0064485. ASIZP0064486. ASIZP0064488. ASIZP0064496. ASIZP0064507. ASIZP0064562. ASIZP0065135. ASIZP0065408. ASIZP0065420. ASIZP0065421. ASIZP0065422. ASIZP0067871. ASIZP0068170. ASIZP0073483. ASIZP0073484. ASIZP0073485. ...List all 49 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Smooth angler
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body disk oval-shaped; head less than half of body length; skin smoothly and scaleless, with numerous large fleshy tendrils; frontal bone smoothly; mouth broad and large; pseudobranch present; interorbital area moderately concave, not forming deep U-shaped trough between eyes; sphenotic spine straight, not recurved; inner frontal spine present; humeral spine well developed, sharp and simple; illicium slender, devoid of tendrils, longer than second dorsal spine; esca with a small, simple, lightly pigmented bulb, without cirrus and eye-like appendages, second dorsal spine short and light, devoid of tendrils; third dorsal spine very long (35.9-64.0% SL) and stout, with many dark cirri; fourth dorsal spine absent. Body uniform gray to red-brown brown above ; ventral surface lightl; pectoral fin rays tip light; anal fin slightly darker distally; oval cavity lightly pigmented except for dark pitch on floor on mouth posterior to lower pharyngeals.
habitats	Marine. Bathydemersal, found in the outer continental shelf and upper slope, usually in depth 300-680 m. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lure at the end call illicium and esca, acts as a fishing lure to attract preys.
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Philippines and northern Australia. It is very common species occurring around Taiwan except Western.
Utility	Large one as fresh sea food, mostly no commercial value.