Scientific Name	Diceratias bispinosus   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Günther, 1887)	Depth	0 - 2300M
Chinese	細瓣雙角鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雙角鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F238　Diceratiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	細瓣雙角鮟鱇
Max Length	13.4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Banda Island, Challenger station 194A, depth 360 fathoms (659 meters)
Synonyms	Ceratias bispinosus, Diceratias glomerosus, Paroneirodes glomerosus
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Fishbase(2003)  Paxton, J.R. etc. 1973 Uwate, K. R. 1979 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057321.
Common Name	Two-rod angerfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body short, globular; mouth large, cleft extending past eye; skin covered with tiny close-set dermal spinules; dark brown to black over entire surface of head, body; illicium short, emerging between the frontal; distance between insertion of illicium and symphysial cartilage of upper jaw less than 15% SL; second dorsal spine present, with a distal light organ, emerging from dorsal surface of head just behind base of illicium; escal bulb relatively small, width equal to high, terminal papilla absent or low, anterior and posterior appendages well-developed, both with secondary filaments, the anterior appendage bulbous, sometimes with branches, posterior appendage compressed, with a series of cirri in exterior, poster pore on the posterior base of terminal papilla D 6; P 13; A 4; C 9. Premaxillary teeth 40; lower jaws teeth 34; vomer teeth 6. Ilicium length 49 in % SL; head length 45.3; head depth 60.4; distance from illicial base to the symphysial cartilage of upper jaw 8.3; premaxillary length 54.4; lower jaw length 62.3.
habitats	Marine. First dorsal spine of female highly modified into a long rod with a light organ in the tip call illicium and esca, the esca containing bacteria as luminous symbiont, its function in attracting prey. Oviparous. Adults are meso- and bathypelagic. Ma
Distribution	Wodely distributed in Indo-Pacific Ocean. It is rare in Taiwan only recorded from Northeastern off Yi-lan.
Utility	No commercial value.