Scientific Name	Oneirodes sabex			by: M. L. Qiu
Author	Pietsch & Seigel, 1980	Depth	0 - 810M
Chinese	砂夢鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	夢鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F239　Oneirodidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	砂夢鮟鱇
Max Length	18.9 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁瓣夢鮟鱇、扁瓣夢角鮟鱇、深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	East China Sea, 29°50'05
Synonyms	Oneirodes appendixus, Oneirodes eschrichtii, Oneirodes sebax
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Ho & Shao (2019), Zootaxa, 4702(1):10–18.   Nakabo T. 2002 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061818. ASIZP0061819.
Common Name	Dreamer
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body deep, lateraly compressed; jaws equal anteriorly; illicium relative short; esca with a short and simple anterior appendage, a terminal papilla with single distal spot of pigment, 0-4 slender, short medial appendages between anterior appendage, a stout, unpigmented, anteroposteriorly compressed posterior appendage, cylindrical in the distal margin; and a relative large post pore in the base of posterior appendage. Suboperculum short and broad, without indentation on posterodorsal margin, relative long and narrow; upper fork of operculum rounded to bluntly pointed, slightly bifurcateed or not. Dorsal fin rays 6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 15-16; caudal fin rays 8. Premaxillary teeth 43-44; lower jaw teeth 37-45; vomer teeth 6-8.
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. Adults are meso- and bathypelagic, ta
Distribution	Restricted to West Pacific from Japan, South China Sea to Taiwan. It is not common species occuring in the northeastern Taiwan off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.