Scientific Name	Thysanophrys longirostris   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Shao & Chen, 1987)	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	長吻多棘牛尾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	牛尾魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F313　Platycephalidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長吻繸鯒
Max Length	18.6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	竹甲、狗祈仔、牛尾
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ta-shi [Daxi], northeastern Taiwan
Synonyms	Suggrundus longirostris
Reference	1. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. Knapp, L. W. 1999. Family Platycephalidae. In: Carpenter and Niem (ed). Species identification guide for fisheries purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. v. 4: iii-v; 2069-2790；3. Shao, K. T. and J. P. Chen, 1987. Fishes of the family Platycephalidae (Teleostei: Platycephaloidei) of Taiwan with descriptions of two new species. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 26(1):77-94.  Shao, K.-T. etc. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056069Paratype. ASIZP0056070Holotype. ASIZP0061563. NMMBP06284. NTMP0444. USNM00303829Paratype.
Common Name	Flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with I-VII spines and 11 soft rays; anal fin with 11-12 soft rays; pectoral fin with 18-20 soft rays; lateral line scales 54-56; gill rakers 1+5. Snout long; preopurcular 2 spines, dorsal spines and soft rays almost the same length; First spine of 1st dorsal fin shorter than the same genus. The longest dorsal spine contained 2.6 times in head length. The longest anal rays are 10th and 11th. Body with reddish brown and black band; pelvic fin reddish on the lower, scattered spot on the upper.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, attains 18.6 cm TL. Other ecological behaviour is unclear.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Taiwan and Thailand.
Utility	Minor commercial food species.