Scientific Name	Branchiostegus japonicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Houttuyn, 1782)	Depth	30 - 200M
Chinese	日本馬頭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	弱棘魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F355　Malacanthidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本方頭魚
Max Length	46 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	馬頭、方頭魚、吧唄、紅尾、吧口弄、紅馬頭、紅甘鯛
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Brachiostegus japonicus, Branchiostegus argentatus, Coryphaena branchiostega, Coryphaena japonica, Coryphaenoides hottuynii, Coryphaenoides houttuynii, Latilus japonicus, Latilus ruber
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Yoshino, T. etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0064841. ASIZP0064900. ASIZP0070551. ASIZP0070758. ASIZP0071065. ASIZP0078843. ASIZP0800449. ASIZP0800453. ASIZP0804280. ASIZP0910449. ASIZP0910453. BPBMI23146. FRIP01334. FRIP20124. FRIP21435. NMMBP06152. NMMSTP01517. NTMP0706. NTMP1349. NTUM02421. NTUM06769. NTUM06772. NTUM06773. NTUM06774. NTUM06776. NTUM06777.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Red tilefish; Horse-head fish; Horse head; Japanese horsehead fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body quadriform and square-headed. Head large, 26 to 30% (usually 28%) standard length. Preopercle angle 90° to 95°, without notch above angle. Eye large, 28% head length. Jaws slightly oblique, extending posteriorly to under anterior third of pupil. Body pink-red with overlying golden tint and underlying faint yellowish blotches, several irregular light reddish blotches dorsally at midbody; predorsal ridge dark; head without suborbital silvery bars, but with characteristic large triangular postsuborbital silvery white area; caudal fin with 5 or 6 bright yellow stripes.
habitats	Found associated with burrows on sandy-muddy, or shell-sand-mud bottoms in depths of 30 to 265 m; commonly caught at depths of 80 to 200 m in East China and Yellow seas.
Distribution	Distributed in Western Pacific from Central Honshu to the South China Sea. Also reported as far south as the Arafura Sea. It is found in southwestern, northeastern and northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	Marketed fresh, canned, and salted.