Scientific Name	Polymixia japonica   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Günther, 1877	Depth	100 - 770M
Chinese	日本鬚銀眼鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鬚鰃科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F208　Polymixiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本鬚鰃
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	銀眼鯛、銀目鯛(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Inoshima [Innoshima, now Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Polymixia japonicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Günther, A. 1877 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058542. ASIZP0058869. ASIZP0060917. ASIZP0065902. ASIZP0065914. ASIZP0075010. ASIZP0700043. ASIZP0700163. ASIZP0800787. ASIZP0800788. ASIZP0802011. ASIZP0805815. ASIZP0806225. ASIZP0910787. ASIZP0910788. ASIZP0912011. ASIZP0915815. ASIZP0916225. FRIP22157. NMMBP01007. NMMBP02395. NMMBP02836. NMMBP06003. NMMSTP00428. NMNSF01579. NTMP0746. NTUM06648. NTUM07593.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Silver eye
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 not 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 31 to 35 soft rays; anal fin with III to V spines and 15 or 16 soft rays; pectoral fins with 13 to 17 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 32 to 35; scales above lateral line 12 to 16. Body dusky above, silvery below. Fins light grey; the top of dorsal fin and the posterior margin of caudal fin black.
habitats	Found in middle to benthic zone with sandy mud bottom from 110 to 770m.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from Sagami Bay, Japan to the East China Sea and Taiwan; Chesterfield Islands. It is found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marketed fresh.