Scientific Name	Tentoriceps cristatus   Pronounce			by: ©Sainsbury, Keith: CSIRO
Author	(Klunzinger, 1884)	Depth	30 - 110M
Chinese	隆頭帶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	帶魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F474　Trichiuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	狹顱帶魚
Max Length	90 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	帶魚、廓頭白帶
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Pseudoxymetopon sinensis, Trichiurus cristatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Senta, T. 1974 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056596. ASIZP0060627. ASIZP0062909. ASIZP0070132. ASIZP0070861. ASIZP0073509. ASIZP0804185. ASIZP0804845. ASIZP0806058. ASIZP0914185. ASIZP0914845. ASIZP0916058. FRIP03157.
Barcode	2015-12-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,% ,,CO1,100%
Common Name	Crested hairtail
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body extremely elongate and strongly compressed, ribbon-like, tapering to a point. Dorsal profile of head evenly convex; mouth large with a dermal process at tip of each jaw; lower hind margin of gill cover convex; eye very large situated laterally, its diameter 5 or 6 times in head length; 2 or 3 fangs in upper and 2 fangs in lower jaw, a single series of sharp compressed lateral teeth in both jaws. A single, long-based, dorsal fin with V spines and 126 to 144 soft rays; anal fin represented by I minute first spine and I scale-like second spine, situated below 47th to 50th soft dorsal-fin ray, reduced to minute spinules buried in skin thereafter; pectoral fins short, not reaching lateral line; pelvic fins present but reduced to scale-like processes; caudal fin absent, posterior part of body tapering to a point. Lateral line running almost straight mid-lateral, or slightly nearer ventral than dorsal contour. In fresh specimens, body silvery white becoming silvery grey with dark cloud-like patches after death; each jaw, dorsal and anal-fin bases sooty.
habitats	Benthopelagic or pelagic in coastal waters but not found where there is low salinity. Feeds mainly on small fishes, squids and crustaceans.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea, Mozambique channel, Saya- de Malha Bank, Chagos Islands, Andaman Sea, Northwest and North Australia, South China Sea, East China Sea, Tasman Sea, Philippines, Taiwan and southern Japan. It is mainly foun
Utility	Marketed fresh and dried salted in the Philippines.