Scientific Name	Inimicus japonicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1829)	Depth	10 - 200M
Chinese	日本鬼鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本鬼鮋
Max Length	29 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鬼虎魚、貓魚、魚虎、虎魚、石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World	Japan to South China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Coast of China and seas of Japan
Synonyms	Inimicus japonica, Pelor japonicum
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
Specimen List	ASIZP0058372. ASIZP0807644. ASIZP0917644. MTP0096. NTUM08406.
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XVI-XVIII(XVII) spines and 5-8(7) soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 8-10(10) soft rays; gill rakers 2-4+7-9=10-12. Body with dark brown to reddish purple, variable. Each fin with white spot or line. Inside of pectoral fin with brown spot or line, some with black spot or blotch.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment; depth range 10 - 200 m. Food fish. Commercially cultured in Japan. Used as Chinese medicine.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and East China Sea.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible but careful with it's venomous; also commercial aquarium species.