Scientific Name	Owstonia taeniosoma			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Kamohara, 1935)	Depth	150 - 250M
Chinese	帶狀歐氏鰧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	赤刀魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F407　Cepolidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	帶狀擬赤刀魚
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	甘鯛
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mimase, Japan
Synonyms	Owstonia taeniosoma
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Kamohara, T. 1935 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Bandfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body shallow and slender, last soft ray of dorsal and anal fins not connected to caudal fin by a membrane; body depth 6-7 in stardand length. Head short, with blunt snout. Eyes relatively large and high on head. Mouth large, oblique; upper jaw broad at end, without supramaxilla, and extending to below posterior margin of eye; a single row of slender, slightly curved teeth in jaws. Dorsal fin with III spines and 26 rays; anal fin with I spine and 18 rays; caudal fin lanceolate. Scales large, about 30 in longitudinal series; lateral line high on body, close to dorsal-fin base, starting from upper corner of gill opening. Body and fins uniformly pink.
habitats	Found on sandy-muddy bottoms about 150 to 200m depth.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific from Japan to Taiwan. It is mainly found in northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.