Scientific Name	Gephyroberyx darwinii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Johnson, 1866)	Depth	9 - 1210M
Chinese	達氏橋燧鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	燧鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F280　Trachichthyidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	達氏橋棘鯛
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	燧鯛、燄孔、厚殼、大目孔
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Madeira
Synonyms	Gephyroberys darwinii, Gephyroberyx darwini, Gephyroberyx japonicus, Gephyroberyx orbicularis, Gephyroberyx philippinus, Gephyroberyx robustus, Hoplostethus atlanticus, Trachichthys darwini, Trachichthys darwinii, Trachichthys japonicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Johnson, J. Y. 1866 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055040. ASIZP0057305. ASIZP0057706. ASIZP0058974. ASIZP0061139. ASIZP0063529. ASIZP0066688. ASIZP0066689. ASIZP0806527. ASIZP0916527. NMMBP02611. NMMSTP01649. NTUM07970.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Darwin's roughy; Darwin's red-fish; Darwin's slimehead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VII-VIII spines and 13-14 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 11-12 soft rays. Head with a concave forehead profile and with large mucous cavities covered by tough skin; mouth large and oblique; opercle and preopercle each with a large strong spine; body deep, about 2.1 times in SL; ventral keel with 10 - 14 very robust scutes; caudal fin forked but rounded. Color of head and body is dusky pink, sides with silvery tinge, fins red; tongue and gill cavity blackish; palate white to red. Pale beet red to light rosy. Back light red to brownish red, lower sides light silvery gray.
habitats	Lives close to or on the bottom of the upper continental slope. Prefers hard substrates. Young specimens feed on small shrimps and fish. A deep sea species, nonetheless, the young are often found near the coast. Utilized as fishmeal and source of oil in e
Distribution	Eastern Atlantic: Madeira and the Canary Islands to Senegal, Gulf of Guinea and South Africa. Western Atlantic: southern Scotian Shelf, Canada to Greater Antilles, western Caribbean, Panama and northern Gulf of Mexico. Indo-Pacific: off Natal (South Afric
Utility	Commercial species.