Scientific Name	Dicrolene quinquarius   Pronounce			by: Hsin-Ming Yeh & Tsung-Han Wu
Author	(Günther, 1887)	Depth	700 - 1300M
Chinese	五指絲指鼬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼬鳚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F222　Ophidiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	五指絲指鼬鳚
Max Length	58 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鼬魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South West、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Off Japan, Challenger station 235, depth 565 fathoms
Synonyms	Dicrolene quinquaris, Pteroidonus quinquarius
Reference	Yen, H. M., M. Y. Lee & K. T. Shao. 2005. Fifteen Taiwanese new records of Ophidiid fishes (Pisces: Ophidiidae) collected from the deep waters by the RV `Ocean Researcher I'. J. Fish. Sec. Taiwan, 32: 279-299；Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins. 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 18. Rome, FAO, 178 p. 136 figs.  Yoshihiko Machida etc. 1983 Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle etc. 1999 Yeh, H.M., M.Y. Lee, etc. 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0061751. ASIZP0063709. ASIZP0064080. ASIZP0064121. ASIZP0066098. ASIZP0066309. ASIZP0066811. ASIZP0067975. ASIZP0801266. ASIZP0801586. ASIZP0803736. ASIZP0901347. ASIZP0911266. ASIZP0911586. ASIZP0913736.
Common Name	Cusk eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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