Scientific Name	Hoplichthys fasciatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Matsubara, 1937	Depth	50 - 240M
Chinese	橫帶針鯒	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	針鯒科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F314　Hoplichthyidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黃帶棘鯒
Max Length	6.7 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	針牛尾
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kumano-Nada, southeastern of Kii Peninsula, Japan, depth 150 fathoms
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1.. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Matsubara, K. 1937 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NMMBP04733. NMMBP04734. NTUM05147. RUSI43037.
Common Name	Ghost flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VI spines and 15 soft rays; anal fin with 16 soft rays; pectoral fin with 13+3 soft rays. Interorbital space wider than twice eye diameter. Each lateral scute with a strong spine and a small one. Second dorsal fin higher anteriorly, but without it filamentous ray. Pectoral fin very long, extending to base of 9th ana ray.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, other ecological behavior is not clear yet.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: known only from the Kumanonada Sea, Japan. Described from juvenile specimen(s) and is likely to be conspecific with one of the other species in the area.
Utility	Not commercial food species.