Scientific Name	Hoplosebastes armatus   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Schmidt, 1929	Depth	100 - 200M
Chinese	棘鮋	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	棘鮋
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Hoplosebastes pristigenys
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)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2008)  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NTUM00030Paratype. NTUM03855. SIO80-213g. SIO80-214e. SIO80-215h. SIO80-218b.
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XIII spines and 9 soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 6 soft rays; pectoral fin with 17-18 soft rays; lateral line scales 24-26. Anal fin with only two spines, body is red color with six dark reddish band. Eyes with 3-4 radial band.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment. Found on the shelf edge region. Maximum size is 13 cm.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and the East China Sea.
Utility	Not commercial fish species, edible.