Scientific Name	Trachipterus ishikawae   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & Snyder, 1901	Depth	0 - 1200M
Chinese	石川粗鰭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	粗鰭魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F206　Trachipteridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	石川粗鰭魚
Max Length	270 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石川氏粗鰭魚、粗鰭魚、龍宮使者、白龍王、龍王魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off mouth of Tokyo Bay, between Misaki and Boshu, Japan
Synonyms	Trachypterus ishikawae
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1901 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 武雲飛, 曾曉起, 孔曉瑜 Wu, Y.F., Z.Q. Zeng, etc. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058027. ASIZP0058595. ASIZP0064395. ASIZP0065019. ASIZP0065882. ASIZP0065883. ASIZP0075091. NMMSTP00638. NTUM04313.
Common Name	Ribbonfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, ribbon-like, compressed; body depth gradually decreasing from head to caudal peduncle. Head moderately small. Snout length longer eye diameter. Pointed teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Scales present in juveniles; absent in adult. Dorsal fin very long, extending along entire body length to tail, with 164-190 rays; anterior dorsal-fin rays elongate in juveniles, reduced in adult; anal fin absent; pelvic fins with 8-13 rays, elongate in juveniles, and absent in adult; caudal fin with 2 lobes; upper lobe sometimes upturned, conspicuous, and fan-like. Head and body usually silver.
habitats	Mesopelagic fishes, sometimes drifting to coastal regions; very little is known of their habits and reproductive ecology.
Distribution	Found in Northwest Pacific from Japan to Taiwan. It very rare and only found in eastern and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial importance.