Scientific Name	Lestrolepis japonica   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Tanaka, 1908)	Depth	10 - 730M
Chinese	日本光鱗魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	裸蜥魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F196　Paralepididae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本光鱗魚
Max Length	16 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	裸狗母魚
Distribution in World	East India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、South West、North East、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sagami Sea, Japan
Synonyms	Lestidium japonicum
Reference	Ho et al. (2019), Zootaxa, 4702(1):114-139.  Tanaka, S. 1908 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0062340. ASIZP0062341. ASIZP0063112. ASIZP0064136. ASIZP0065769. ASIZP0066358. ASIZP0068037. ASIZP0075095. ASIZP0076428. ASIZP0700150. ASIZP0801142. ASIZP0803798. ASIZP0900355. ASIZP0900379. ASIZP0911142. ASIZP0913798. NMMBP01090. NMMBP01091. NMMBP01898. NMMBP02078. NMMBP02608. NMMBP02811. NMMBP02821. NMMBP03539. NMMBP03684. NMMBP03728. NMMBP03762. NMMBP03783. NMMBP03834. NMMBP04129. NMMBP04499. NMMBP04613. NMMBP04614. NMMBP05548. NMMBP05792. NMMBP05805. NMMSTP00611. ...List all 45 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Barracudina
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body slender, moderately compressed. Head moderate. Eye moderate, rounded, lateral. Lower jaw and palatine with long canines. Body naked except lateral line region; scale on anterior lateral line roughly diamond-shaped, about as high as long; total lateral line scales 62-69. A single black papilla immediately in front of eye. Two luminous ducts along midventral line between head and pelvic fins. Dorsal fin small, origin of dorsal fin distinctly near to insertion of pelvic fin and origin of anal fin; anal fin long, with 36-40 rays. Body pale with dark dorsal band.
habitats	Mesopelagic species.
Distribution	Found in Western Pacific from Japan to Australia. It found in western, southern and northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial importance.