Scientific Name	Tetrapturus angustirostris   Pronounce			by: ©The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Author	Tanaka, 1915	Depth	0 - 1830M
Chinese	小吻四鰭旗魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	旗魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F477　Istiophoridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	小吻四鰭旗魚
Max Length	230 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅肉屎仔、紅肉丁挽
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North East、LanI Is.
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sagami Bay, Japan
Synonyms	Pseudohistiophorus angustirostris, Pseudohistiophorus illingworthi, Tetrapterus angustirostris, Tetrapturus illingworthi, Tetrapturus kraussi
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)
Specimen List	FRIP20281. FRIP22403.
Common Name	Slender spearfish; Shortnosed spearfish; Short bill spearfish; Short-billed spear-fish; Shortbill spearfish; Japanese spearfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	The body is elongated and fairly compressed. Bill very short and slender usually less than 15% of body length, round in cross section. Nape nearly straight. Pectoral fins narrow and short and less than 15% of body length. Pelvic fins slender about twice the length of the pectorals. Caudal peduncle fairly compressed (laterally) and slightly depressed (dorsoventrally) with double keels on each side and a shallow notch on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces. Lateral line single and well visible. Body dark blue dorsally, blue splattered with brown laterally, and silvery white ventrally, without dots and stripes. First dorsal fin dark blue, without dots or blotches; remaining fins brown or dark brown; bases of first and second anal fins often tinged with silvery white.
habitats	The shortbill spearfish is an oceanic and pelagic fish which does not generally occur in coastal or enclosed waters but is fount well offshore. Spawning is believed to occur mainly during the winter month, especially in warm offshore currents with surface
Distribution	The shortbill spearfish is highly migratory species, occurred mainly in the tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is thought to be strong oceanic, rarely entering coastal waters. Although some stray individuals ar
Utility	Marketed frozen and prepared as fish cakes and sashimi in Japan. Also prepared as sausages.