Scientific Name	Banjos banjos   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Richardson, 1846)	Depth	30 - 50M
Chinese	扁棘鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	扁棘鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F348　Banjosidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	壽魚
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁棘鯛、打鐵婆
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	North、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sea of Japan
Synonyms	Anoplus banjos, Banjos typus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Richardson, J. 1846 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0059349. ASIZP0066449. ASIZP0076155. ASIZP0076156. ASIZP0801399. ASIZP0807072. ASIZP0807073. ASIZP0911399. ASIZP0917072. ASIZP0917073. FRIP03108. NMMBP01853. NMMBP03180. NMMBP04412. NMMBP04748. NMMBP06204. NTMP1070. NTOU-AE6143. NTUM04249. NTUM06828. NTUM07113. NTUM07864.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%
Common Name	Banjofish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body high and well-compressed. Head profile steep. Mouth oblique; upper jaw nearly hidden by suborbital bone; villiform teeth on jaws; no palatine teeth. Dorsal fin with X high, flattenes spines, separated from soft part of fin by a deep notch, membrane between spines deeply emarginate; anal fin with III spines, the second spine strongest and longest, ventral fin large, its base behind pectoral fin base; caudal fin slightly emarginate. Body brownish green, faintly striped darker brown. Soft dorsal fin with 1 black blotch. Vertical fins margined white.
habitats	Occurs inshore at depth of 175-400 m.
Distribution	Distributed in the Western Pacific from southern Japan to the East China Sea. Reported from Indonesia and the Chesterfield Island. It is found in western, northeastern and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh.