Scientific Name	Solocisquama stellulata			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Gilbert, 1905)	Depth	274 - 530M
Chinese	星點異鱗魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝙蝠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F233　Ogcocephalidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China
Max Length	9.3 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	棘茄魚、星點長鰭鰏魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Off north coast of Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 4080, depth 178-202 fathoms
Synonyms	Dibranchus stellulatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Ho & Shao, 2008.  Gilbert, C. H. 1905 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Bradbury, M. G. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0057210. ASIZP0058057. ASIZP0064522. ASIZP0064528. ASIZP0064583. ASIZP0064600. ASIZP0064606. ASIZP0065404. ASIZP0070174. ASIZP0070182. ASIZP0074747. ASIZP0074762. ASIZP0080356.
Common Name	Batfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body depressed, disk triangular in outline; skin covered with relative strong tubercles, these on dorsal surface and tail bifid or trifid, on disk edge multifid; small dermal spines present among large tubercles; upper jaw not join close together, forming a cleft in midline; rostrum a multifid spine with 5-7 points, extending beyond the illicial cavity, above the esca; esca with a dorsal leaf-shape lobe and two un-separated ventral lobes; no palatal teeth; tail relative long and stout; dermal cirri absent.
habitats	Habits in the marine bathydemersal. They are awkward, walking on the bottom on their large armlike pectoral fins and smaller pelvic fins.
Distribution	Widely distributed from western Pacific to western Indian Ocean. It is not a common species usually occurring in Northeast off Suao.
Utility	No commercial value.