Scientific Name	Rhynchactis macrothrix   Pronounce			by: H. C. Ho
Author	Bertelsen & Pietsch, 1998	Depth	0 - 2000M
Chinese	長絲吻巨棘鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	巨棘鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F243　Gigantactinidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長絲吻長角鮟鱇
Max Length	15.2 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	巨絲吻巨棘角鮟鱇、深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Central Atlantic, 7°55'N, 32°41'W, depth 0-2000 meters, bottom depth 4840 meters
Synonyms
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Fishbase(2003)  Bertelsen, E. etc. 1998 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061797. ASIZP0061801. ASIZP0061804. ASIZP0062880. ASIZP0063267. ASIZP0065431.
Common Name	Whipnose angler
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongated, compressed; skin naked or cover with minute spines; head relatively small; caudal slender; snout truncated; illicium longer than standard length, emerging slightly behind the snout tip, with 11-20 secondary filaments, each filaments with 1-2 unpigmented terminal filaments and with a narrow longitudinal transparent band on each side, without terminal escal light organ; pelvic bone present; frontal and maxilla absent; lower jaw teeth absent; premaxillary teeth absent; caudal fin rays branched in 3rd-6th, elongate in 2nd and 7th. Dorsal fin rays 3-4; pectoral fin rays 17-18; anal fin rays 3; caudal fin rays 9. Illicium length 109-144 %SL; longest caudal fin rays 34-37% 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 Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific Ocean. It is rare in Taiwan occurring in northeast off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.