Scientific Name	Bembrops caudimacula   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Steindachner, 1876	Depth	186 - 500M
Chinese	尾斑鯒狀魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱸鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F439　Percophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	尾斑鯒狀魚
Max Length	20.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鴨嘴鱚、尾斑掛帆鱚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Bembrops adenensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Kuroda, N. 1950 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0067826. ASIZP0067938. ASIZP0067941. ASIZP0068162. ASIZP0068172. ASIZP0068176. ASIZP0068197. ASIZP0068315. ASIZP0068335. ASIZP0068338. ASIZP0068339. ASIZP0068382. ASIZP0073379. ASIZP0073766. ASIZP0073894. ASIZP0073944. ASIZP0073946. ASIZP0803587. ASIZP0803699. ASIZP0803702. ASIZP0803923. ASIZP0803933. ASIZP0803937. ASIZP0803958. ASIZP0913587. ASIZP0913699. ASIZP0913702. ASIZP0913923. ASIZP0913933. ASIZP0913937. ASIZP0913958. ASIZP0916270. ASIZP0916386. NMMBP02088. NMMSTP01525. NTUM07048. ...List all 36 records...
Common Name	Duckbill
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Elongate trachinoid fishes, head depressed anteriorly. Eyes usually large, usually with dorsal iris flap. Interorbital space narrow. Mouth large; lower jaw projecting pass under jaw. Operculum with two spines. No spines on anterior snout tip. No barbel at tip of upper jaw. Posterior end of upper jaw with dermal flap. Two dorsal fins; first dorsal spine not elongated into filament, with VI spines and 14 or 15 rays. Body scales weak ctenoid, comparatively large. Lateral line gently curved above pectoral fin. Body greyish brown, paler below. First dorsal fin uniformly dark, or dark with irregular white markings; second dorsal finwith 1 white longitudinal band. A dark spot on caudal fin in females.
habitats	Inhabits the shelf edge on rock bottoms.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Japan and Korea, south to Borneo and northeastern Australia, west to the Andaman Sea and Indian Ocean, and in the Gulf of Aden. Eastern Atlantic: only in the Gulf of Guinea. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.