Scientific Name	Discotrema crinophilum			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Briggs, 1976	Depth	8 - 20M
Chinese	盤孔喉盤魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	喉盤魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F452　Gobiesocidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	琉球盤孔喉盤魚
Max Length	5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	跳海仔、姥姥魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Between Stuart I. and Yanuca I., Benga Lagoon, Benga, Fiji Is.
Synonyms	Discotrema crinophila, Discotrema echinocephala, Discotrema echinopila
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  Briggs, J. C. 1976 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0074285. ASIZP0074306. ASIZP0080192. ASIZP0080219.
Common Name	Sea lily clingfish; Crinoid clingfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body anteriorly depressed, posteriorly subcylindrical to compressed. Eyes generally large, located dorsolaterally. Snout short and rounded, not protruding anterior. Mouth small. A single short dorsal fin located posteriorly, usually positioned directly above anal fin, dorsal fin with 9 soft rays and anal fin with 8 soft rays,both fins near caudal fin, but not connected to it by membrane; pectoral fins moderate sized, with rounded border, modified to support ventral sucking disc; pelvic fins modified to forma sucking disc on breast, sucking disc single type, fleshy base of sucking disk think, with papillae; caudal fin rounded. Skin scaleless, covered with a thick layer of mucous; lower jaw without mandibular canal pores and also without preopercular canal pores. Colour reddish brown to black with one yellow stripes on upper half of head and body, and another yellow stripes on dorsal parts.
habitats	Found in protected coastal reefs from shallow reef flats to about 20 m depth along slopes and walls. Found among arms of crinoids.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Ryukyu Islands, Bismarck Archipelago and the Fiji Islands. Recently reported from Christmas Island, Taiwan and the Great Barrier Reef. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters, and Siao Liouciou, southwestern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.