Scientific Name	Coelorinchus asteroides			by: Y. C. Liao & K. T. Shao
Author	Okamura, 1963	Depth	320 - 360M
Chinese	擬星腔吻鱈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠尾鱈科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F215　Macrouridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	擬星腔吻鱈
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鱈魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Caelorinchus asteroides, Coelorhynchus asteroides
Reference	邱美倫（2002）碩士論文；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2003)  Okamura, O. 1963 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061339. ASIZP0061340. ASIZP0062194. ASIZP0065560. ASIZP0065658. ASIZP0068016. ASIZP0070617. ASIZP0803777. ASIZP0900348. ASIZP0913777. NMMBP02874.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Grenadier
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head about as wide as deep, depressed anteriorly; middle of length of head behind anterior border of pupil. Snout short and broadly proadlly protruded, with an acute rostral spine; the lateral margin strongly curved. Teeth in premaxillaries conical, not arrow-shaped, in 5 to 8 irregularly oblique series, forming a wide band as a whole, those of outer series evenly enlarged and widely spaced. Scales on body large, hexagonal and rather deciduous; the spinules stout and pungent, forming 4 to 11 divergent rides, last spinule of each series more or less projecting beyond apical margin of scales. Scales on head coarser, less imbricated and more adhesive than those on body; on body; on nasal crest scales 7 or 8 in a longitudinal series, with spinous rows radiating in all directions from center of each, and the spinules never on ridges but independently rising from surface of scales, this median series of scales followed on each side by a single series of less modified scales. Nasal fossa naded. No naked area on dorsal surface of snout, but a naked groove extending from base of rostral spine backward to interorbital space alongside median rostral series of scales. Undersider of head, including mandibular regions and branchiostegal membranes, wholly naked. Vent immediately before anal, and preceded by a luminous organ of short type.
habitats	Benthopelagic fishes in the deep sea. A rare species of macrourids from the upper continental slope off northwestern Taiwan at depths between 400m and 800m. Food of these fishes consists of a wide range of fish and both benthic and pelagic invertebrates.
Distribution	Southern Japan and northeastern Taiwan, Tashi ; 24 54'63"N, 122 03'49"E.
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