Scientific Name	Polymixia berndti   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Gilbert, 1905	Depth	18 - 520M
Chinese	貝氏鬚銀眼鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鬚鰃科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F208　Polymixiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	短鬚鬚鰃
Max Length	47.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	銀眼鯛
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands
Synonyms	Neobrama webbii, Polymixia nobilis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Gilbert, C. H. 1905 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054626. ASIZP0054750. ASIZP0061055. ASIZP0062356. ASIZP0063528. ASIZP0065119. ASIZP0065120. ASIZP0066009. ASIZP0070951. ASIZP0700252. ASIZP0800783. ASIZP0800784. ASIZP0800786. ASIZP0804456. ASIZP0910783. ASIZP0910784. ASIZP0910786. ASIZP0914456. CAS56042. FRIP21461. NMMBP00101. NMMBP00136. NMMBP00928. NMMBP01006. NMMBP01021. NMMBP01166. NMMBP01301. NMMBP01336. NMMBP01900. NMMBP02616. NMMBP03838. NMMBP05752. NMMBP05766. NMMBP06002. NMMBP06004. NMMBP08730. NMMSTP00913. ...List all 41 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pacific beardfish; Berndt's barbudo fish; Beardfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong and moderately compressed. Head moderately large; no distinct mucous cavities separated by bony ridges on top of head; 2 long barbels from hyoid below middle of lower jaw. Eyes moderately large. Snout high, shorter than eye, and its tip slightly protruding anteriorly. Mouth large, jaws extending to or slightly beyond rear margin of eye. Villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, palatine, pterygoid, and tongue. Gill rakers lath-like. Dorsal-fin origin in anterior half of body, anal-fin origin far posterior in posterior half of body; 1 dorsal fin with IV to VI spines and 27 to 31 soft rays; anal fin with III to IV spines and 14 to 17 soft rays; pectoral fins with 14 to 19 rays; pelvic fins with I spines and 6 soft rays; caudal fin forked. Scales spinoid, extending forward onto opercle, cheek, and lower jaw; lateral line scales 31 to 35; scales above lateral line 9 to 11. Body dusky above, silvery below. Fins light grey; the top of dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin dusky.
habitats	Benthic fishes of outer shelf and slope from 300 to 500 m. Feed as carnivores, including crustaceans, fishes, and squids.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Japan, south to Australia. It is found in southwestern and norteasthern Taiwanese waters, and Siao Liouciou.
Utility	Marketed fresh.