Scientific Name	Rhynchactis leptonema   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Regan, 1925	Depth	0 - 650M
Chinese	細絲吻巨棘鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	巨棘鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F243　Gigantactinidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	細絲吻長角鮟鱇
Max Length	14.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	吻巨棘角鮟鱇、深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Western central Atlantic, 8°19'N, 44°35'W, depth about 1500 meters [3000 meters of wire out]
Synonyms
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Fishbase(2003)  Regan, C. T. 1925 Bertelsen, E., T. W. Pietsch etc. 1981 Bertelsen, E. etc. 1998 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059916. ASIZP0061803. ASIZP0062954.
Common Name	Whipnose angler
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongated, compressed; skin cover with minute spines; head relatively small; caudal slender; snout truncated; illicium emerging slightly behind the snout tip, without secondary filaments and terminal escal light organ, a narrow longitudinal transparent band on the distal 7% of illicial length; lower jaw and premaxillary teeth absent. D 3-4; P 18; A 4; C 9. Illicium length 143-158 in % SL; longest caudal fin rays 34-45% SL.
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, larvae habits in the upper, food-rich
Distribution	Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical parts of all oceans. It is rare in Taiwan occurring from northeastern off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.