Scientific Name	Alepisaurus ferox   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Lowe, 1833	Depth	1 - 1829M
Chinese	帆蜥魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	帆蜥魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F195　Alepisauridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	帆蜥魚
Max Length	215 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	長吻帆蜥魚、帆蜥魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Madeira, eastern Atlantic
Synonyms	Alepidosaurus aesculapius, Alepidosaurus borealis, Alepidosaurus poeyi, Alepidosaurus serra, Alepisaurus altivelis, Alepisaurus azureus, Alepisaurus borealis, Alepisaurus richardsonii, Plagyodus aesculapius, Plagyodus borealis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Tadashi Kubota etc. 1970 Kiyoshi Fujita etc. 1976
Specimen List
Common Name	Pacific lancetfish; Wolffish; Day sarpon; Longsnout lancetfish; Longnose lancetfish; Longsnouted lancetfish; Handsaw-fish; Lancetfish; Handsaw fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body slender, moderately compressed, very elongate. Head small. Eye moderate, round, lateral. Snout large, longer than eye diameter. Mouth very large, jaws extending beyond eye; supramaxilla absent ; lower jaw without fleshy tip. Jaw teeth mostly small, in 1 row, both fixed and depressible teeth present, lower jaw with at least 1 fang; palatine with moderate teeth and 2 fangs in 1 row; vomer and tongue toothless. Dorsal fin extraordinarily high and long, sail-like, extending from head to over anal fin, with 32 to 41 rays; anal fin posterior, with 13 to 18 rays. Lateral dermal keel present, long, from about middle of body to end of caudal peduncle. Scales absent; lateral line present, consisting of small pores. Generally pale, iridescent, darker dorsally; lateral adipose keel dark; all fins dark brown or black; peritoneum black.
habitats	Epipelagic- and mesopelagic, from near the surface to below 1,000 m, sometimes approaching inshore waters. Mainly nocturnal. Feed on fishes, cephalopods, tunicates, and crustaceans. Preyed upon by opah, sharks, albacore, yellowfin tuna, and fur seals. Ovi
Distribution	Widely found in warm waters of North Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. It found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh. Litter commercial importance.