Scientific Name	Osopsaron formosensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Kao & Shen, 1985	Depth	100 - 300M
Chinese	臺灣小骨鰧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱸鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F439　Percophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	臺灣小骨鰧
Max Length	9 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鴨嘴鱚、臺灣姬鱸、臺灣棘鱸鰧、臺灣棘鱸鯒
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tachi harbor, ne. Taiwan
Synonyms	Acanthaphritis formosensis, Pteropsaron formosensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Kao, H. W. etc. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NTMP0033. NTMP0035. NTMP0351. NTMP0848. NTMP0900Paratype. NTMP0944Holotype. NTMP1062. NTUM04594. NTUM06431. NTUM06434.
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; upper and lower jaws same length. Operculum with one spine. Two forward-directed spines on anterior snout tip. No barbel at tip of upper jaw in males. Two dorsal fins; first dorsal fin distinctly high, elongated, with V spines; posterior dorsal rays slightly elongate, with 21 rays. Body scales ctenoid. Body greyish yellow, with two bright yellow band on side; spinous dorsal fin black.
habitats	Biology unknown.
Distribution	Taiwan and Japan. It is found in northeastern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.