Scientific Name	Linophryne indica   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Brauer, 1902)	Depth	0 - 2000M
Chinese	印度鬚鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鬚鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F244　Linophrynidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	印度樹鬚魚
Max Length	5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	印度鬚角鮟鱇、深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	East of Seychelles, Indian Ocean, 2°43'S, 61°12'E, Valdivia station 230, depth 1500 meters
Synonyms	Aceratias macrorhinus indicus, Linophryne corymbifera
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Fishbase(2003)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Brauer, A. 1902 Bertelsen, E. 1951 Bertelsen, E. 1981 Nakabo T. 2002 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061806.
Common Name	Leftvent
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Female with body short and globose; skin naked, dark brown to black; sphenotic spine present, short and blunt; illicium short; esca with 2-3 pairs of distal filament, the anterior pair fringed; hyoid barble short, with a distal series of 5-6 close-set, short barble branchus, esch with several photophores and filaments. Male with short and blunt sphenotic spines; skin naked; eyes large; olfactory organ large; a group of subdermal pigment on posterior angle of lower jaws and on peritoneum to anus. Dorsal fin rays 3; pectoral fin rays 13; anal fin rays 3; caudal fin rays 8.
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, eggs are presumably contained in floa
Distribution	Widely distributed throughout Indo-Pacific Ocean. It is rare species in Taiwan, only one recorded from the northeastern off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.