Scientific Name	Ventrifossa garmani   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Jordan & Gilbert, 1904)	Depth	200 - 720M
Chinese	加曼氏凹腹鱈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠尾鱈科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F215　Macrouridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	加曼氏凹腹鱈
Max Length	31 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	Sagami Bay, Japan, depth 110-259 fathoms
Synonyms	Coryphaenoides garmani, Lionurus garmani
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；邱美倫（2002）碩士論文；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Okamura, O. 1970 Okamura, O. 1970 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061306. ASIZP0065586. ASIZP0070226. ASIZP0070228. ASIZP0070437. ASIZP0070684. ASIZP0070689. FRIP01198. NMMBP00510. NMMBP01033.
Common Name	Sagami grenadier
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Teeth all amall, in broad in premaxillae, outer series scarcely enlarged; mandibular teeth in moderately wide bands. Inner fill rakers on first arch 16 to 19 total. First dorsal fin with 2 spines and 10 to 11 rays, second spinous ray finely serrated; pectoral fin rays i18 to i23; pelvic fin rays 8 or 9. Measurements in percentages of head length: snout length 26 to 31; preoral height 16 to 23; orbit diameter 31 to 38; interorbital space 27 to 34; distance orbit to angle of preopercle 41 to 46; length upper jaw 41 to 47; length barbel 23 to 32; length outer gill slit 24 to 30; length pectoral fin about 55 to 65. Scale rows below second dorsal fin 5 to 6.5, over a distance equal to predorsal length 38 to 42. Scales medium-sized, uniformly covered with broad, short, triangular spinules in widely divergent v rows or irregularly quincunx order. Snout with a black margin along leading edge only; first sorsal fin uniformly dusky or darker proximally, but lacking a distinct black blotch.
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 East China Sea. Northeastern Taiwan, Tashi ; 24 54'63"N, 122 03'49"E; Tungkang, 22∘12,93'N120∘30,59'E.
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