Scientific Name	Melanocetus murrayi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Günther, 1887	Depth	0 - 3386M
Chinese	短柄黑鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	黑鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F236　Melanocetidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	短柄黑犀魚
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	短炳黑角鮟鱇、深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Central Atlantic, 1°47'N, 24°26'W, Challenger station 348, depth 0 to 2450 fathoms (3386 meters).
Synonyms	Melanocetus johnsoni, Melanocetus niger, Melanocetus tumidus, Melanocetus vorax, Rhynchoceratias acanthirostris, Rhynchoceratias latirhinus, Rhynchoceratias longipinnis, Rhynchoceratis latirhinus, Xenoceratias acanthirostris, Xenoceratias latirhinus, Xenoceratias longipinnis, Xenoceratias regani
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Ho & Shao (2019), Zootaxa, 4702(1):10–18.   Theodore W. Pietsch etc. 1971 Nakabo T. 2002 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059904. ASIZP0059905. ASIZP0060048. ASIZP0061807. ASIZP0061808. ASIZP0061809. ASIZP0061810. ASIZP0061811. ASIZP0061812. ASIZP0061813. ASIZP0061814. ASIZP0061815. ASIZP0061816. ASIZP0062882. ASIZP0062943. ASIZP0062944. ASIZP0062945. ASIZP0062949. ASIZP0064427. ASIZP0064513. ASIZP0064514. ASIZP0065432. ASIZP0065433. ASIZP0065434. ASIZP0065435. ASIZP0065439. ASIZP0065440. ASIZP0065441. ASIZP0065442. ASIZP0070155. ASIZP0074588. ASIZP0080435. ASIZP0804892. ASIZP0804893. ASIZP0914892. ASIZP0914893. NMNSF00431. ...List all 38 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Murray's abyssal angerfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Females with body short, globular; mouth large, cleft extending past eye, oblique or vertical; eye small; illicium short; esca simple, with conical distal end but no crest; anterior margin of vomer very concave; skin covered with tiny close-set dermal spinules, appearing naked; upper and lower jaws with numerous slender, recurved and depressible teeth; vomerine teeth present; dark brown to black over entire surface of head, body, fins, and oral cavity; sphenotic spines absent. D10-13; P 14-16; A 4; C 9. Upper jaw teeth 37-56, lower jaw teeth 46-122. Measurement in % SL: illicium length 34.5, escal width 3.9%, head length 27.6, head depth 45.7, premaxillary length 34.5, lower jaws 34.5, the narrowest distance between front 13.8%.
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, larvae habits in the upper, food-rich
Distribution	Wistly distributed in the tropical to temperate of all oceans. It is a common species in Taiwan occurring in northeast off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.