Scientific Name	Crossorhombus kobensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Starks, 1906)	Depth	1 - 100M
Chinese	高本纓鮃	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮃科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F494　Bothidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長臂纓鮃
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁魚、皇帝魚、半邊魚、比目魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kob, Japan
Synonyms	Crossorhombus valderostratus, Engyprosopon ui, Scaeops kobensis, Scaeops ui
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1906 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 李思忠, 王惠民 1995 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0060486. ASIZP0061552. ASIZP0061855. ASIZP0063581. ASIZP0064214. ASIZP0070669. ASIZP0070675. ASIZP0073974. ASIZP0074540. ASIZP0074859. ASIZP0900239. NMMBP04011. NMMBP04601. NMMBP04611. NMMBP04612. NMMBP05423. NMMBP08825. NMMBP08848. NMMSTP00738. NMNSF00506. NTMP0332. NTUM05427. NTUM05551. NTUM05552. NTUM05553.
Common Name	Kobe flounder
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 84; anal-fin rays 66; pectoral-fin rays 11. Tip of isthmus below middle of lower eye. Scales on ocular side ctenoid, armed with a row of hairlike spines. Caudal fin with 3 simple rays on upper and lower margins respectively. Pectoral fin elongated into a filament, longer than head. Caudal fin without a dark band. In male, body on blind side stained with dark-blue except for head, interorbital width broader and pectoral fin longer than in female.
habitats	Lives on sand and shelf bottoms and feeds on bottom-living animals. Sexually dimorphic characters develop at about 5 cm SL.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Japan, Formosa Strait, northern part of the South China Sea. Taiwan: South, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species.