Scientific Name	Inegocia japonica   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Tilesius, 1812)	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	日本眼眶牛尾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	牛尾魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F313　Platycephalidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本瞳鯒
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	竹甲、狗祈仔、牛尾
Distribution in World	Japan to East China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South West、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	No locality stated [probably Nagasaki, Japan, Western North Pacific]
Synonyms	Inegocia borboriensis, Inegocia isacanthus, Inegocia japonica, Inegocia japonicas, Inegocia japonicus, Platycephalus bataviensis, Platycephalus borbonensis, Platycephalus borbonicus, Platycephalus borboniensis, Platycephalus isacanthus, Platycephalus japonicus, Platycephalus japonicus, Silurus imberbis ...all 16..
Reference	1. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. Imamura, H. , M. Komada and T. Yoshino. 2006. Record of the flathead fishes (Perciformes: Platycephalidae) collected from Nha Trang, Vietnam. Coastal Marine Science v. 30 (no. 1): 293-300.  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056053. ASIZP0056066. ASIZP0056067. ASIZP0061963. ASIZP0062281. ASIZP0062282. ASIZP0062283. ASIZP0064122. ASIZP0066559. ASIZP0070501. ASIZP0070547. ASIZP0078320. ASIZP0080288. ASIZP0801815. ASIZP0807206. ASIZP0807422. ASIZP0900351. ASIZP0900437. ASIZP0911815. ASIZP0917206. ASIZP0917422. NMMBP02524. NMMBP02782. NMMBP02783. NMMBP04813. NMMBP04814. NMMBP08768. NMMBP08775. NMMSTP01589. NTMP0198. NTUM06847. RUSI28196. RUSI35753. USNM00192884.
Barcode	2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Flathead; Japanese flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with I-VIII and 12 soft rays; anal fin with 12 soft rays; pectoral fin 19-21 soft rays; lateral line scales 49-54; gill rakers 1+5. Snout shorter, contained 3.2 to 3.6 times in head length. Scales deciduous: anterior 6 to 8 pored scales in lateral line spined. Preopercular spines 3, the uppermost one somewhat longer than the 2nd, the lowermost rudimentary. Suborbital ridge usually smooth except for two spines under eye. Interopercular flap present.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, sand and mud bottoms of the continental shelf.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: widespread, from Sri Lanka and India north to southern Japan, Taiwan; south to the Philippines; South China Sea; Gulf of Thailand; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; the Arafura Sea; Australia from Cockburn Sound, Western Australia to Moreton
Utility	Minor commercial food species, edible.