Scientific Name	Pyramodon ventralis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Smith & Radcliffe, 1913	Depth	184 - 364M
Chinese	纖尾錐齒隱魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	隱魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F221　Carapidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	纖尾錐齒潛魚
Max Length	18.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	隱魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Near Dowarra Island [Dowora Island, south of Halmahera, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia, Molucca Sea, western Pacific], 0°50'00"S, 128°12'00"E, Albatross station 5629, depth 205 fathoms
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Markle, D. F. etc. 1980 Machida, Y. etc. 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056595. ASIZP0058028. ASIZP0067834. ASIZP0067887. ASIZP0071021. ASIZP0803595. ASIZP0803648. ASIZP0804426. ASIZP0913595. ASIZP0913648. ASIZP0914426. NMMBP00069. NMMBP03518. NMMBP03751.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pearlfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Eel-like, moderate to relatively deep body depth; a large single vomerine fang; pelvic fin rays present; swim bladder large, filling visceral cavity and extending past anus; dorsal and anal fin radials robust and elongate; dorsal fin anteriad or directly over anal fin origin; lacking rockerbone, cardiform teeth, and intrinsic swim bladder constrictions or tunic ridges. Body lightly pigmented with dorsal and anal fin margins pigmented over posterior quarter; Pectoral fins with 24 to 26 rays; precaudal vertebrae 14-15; anus anterior, distance from snout to anus 99 to 133% head length
habitats	benthopelagic; oceanodromous
Distribution	Tropical and temperate Indo-West Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand and New Caledonia.; depth range 184 - 364 m
Utility