Scientific Name	Hime formosanus			by: Tsung-Han Wu
Author	(Lee & Chao, 1994)	Depth	100 - 200M
Chinese	臺灣姬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	仙女魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F185　Aulopidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	臺灣姬魚
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	仙女魚、狗母、汕狗母
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Synonyms
Reference	A new aulopid species, Aulopus formosanus (Aulopiformes: Aulopodidae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 33(3): 211-216(Lee et Chao, 1994)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Thompson, B.A. 1998 Redescription of Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar, 1984, comments on its relationships and new distribution records. Ichthyol. Res. 45(1):43-51.   Lee, S.-C. etc. 1994 Lee, S.-C. etc. 1994 Bruce A. Thompson 1998 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Formosan aulopus
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately slender, subcylindrical anteriorly to moderately compressed posteriorly, moderately elongate. Lateral line present, with 39-46 scales. Total gill rakers 14-17. Dorsal fin moderate to long based and high, with 16 rays; and second dorsal ray of males prolonged into a filament. Pyloric caeca absent. Pinkish red with irregularly scattered black spots on back and two rows of violet red spots on lateral side. Dorsal fin with yellowish spots in males and reddish spots in females. Anal fin with a median yellowish stripe in males only.
habitats	Benthic fishes from inshore to outer shelf and upper slope from 100 to 200m depth. Feed as probable carnivores.
Distribution	Taiwan and southern Japan. It found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial importance.