Scientific Name	Omosudis lowii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Günther, 1887	Depth	100 - 1000M
Chinese	錘頜魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	帆蜥魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F195　Alepisauridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	錘頜魚
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	錘頜魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Philippine seas [western Pacific], Challenger station 214, depth 500 fathoms; Magdalena, Madeira [eastern Atlantic]
Synonyms	Omosudis lowei, Omosudis lowei funchali, Omosudis lowei indicus, Omosudis lowei var. indicus, Omosudis lowii var. indicus
Reference	Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)  Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059790. ASIZP0059953.
Common Name	Hammerjaw
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body strongly compressed, moderately elongate. Head moderately long, deep. Eye moderate, round, lateral; adipose cover with dorsolateral opening. Snout large, longer than eye diameter. Mouth very large, jaws extending well beyond eye. Lower jaw deep, truncated, without fleshy tip. Jaws with fixed teeth in 1 row; upper jaw teeth small, lower jaw with at least 1 enormous fang and other variously enlarged canines; palatine teeth 1 to 4 enormous fangs, in 1 row; vomer and tongue toothless. Dorsal fin short based and low, with 9 to 12 rays; anal fin far posterior, with 13 to 16 rays. Lateral dermal keel present on caudal peduncle. Body completely scaleless, the skin smooth. Brownish above, sides silvery, a black band along mid-dorsal line of body.
habitats	Probably swift swimmers, which can avoid nets, captured singly or in small groups. Carnivorous, feeds on squids and pelagic fishes.
Distribution	Worldwide in tropical and temperate waters. It found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial importance.