Scientific Name	Minous quincarinatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Fowler, 1943)	Depth	- 100M
Chinese	五脊虎鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	白尾虎鮋
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	白尾鬼魚、貓魚、魚虎、虎魚、石狗公、雞毛、石頭魚
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off northeastern point Yaku Shima, Japan, Albatross station D.4930, 30°12'N, 130°44'E, depth 84 fathoms
Synonyms	Minous inermis, Paraminous quincarinatus, Sebastes inermis
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)  Henry W. Fowler 1943 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057375. ASIZP0058708. ASIZP0062361. ASIZP0062362. ASIZP0063615. ASIZP0700055. ASIZP0700107. CAS30308. FRIP00692. FRIP21320. NMMBP03333. NMMBP03608. NMMBP04583. NMMBP04584. NMMBP04585. NMMSTP00795. NTOU-AE6115. NTOU-AE6184. NTOU-AE6185. NTUM00034Paratype. NTUM05140. NTUM07750. RUSI38438. SIO80-207f. SIO80-214b. SIO80-217c.
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VIII-IX spines and 12-14 soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 8-10 soft rays; pectoral fin with 12 soft rays; gill rakers 3-4+8-12=11-16. First dorsal spine equal to second one. Caudal fin without dark horizontal stripe, dorsal fin without black spot; pectoral fin with dark stripes parallel with fin. Without bladder. Body color variable, first four dorsal spines dark on the edge, front of anal fin black, base of pectoral fin white.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, found in the shelf edge on sandy mud bottom. MAximum size 15 cm TL.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southern Japan to Taiwan.
Utility	Not commercial food species.