Scientific Name	Minous trachycephalus   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Bleeker, 1854)	Depth	11 - 46M
Chinese	粗首虎鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	粗頭虎鮋
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鬼虎魚、貓魚、魚虎、虎魚、石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World	Taiwan to Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Manado, Celebes [Sulawesi, Indonesia, Celebes Sea, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Aploactis trachycephalus, Minous inermis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984 Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Coope  Bleeker, P. 1854 Thomas Gloerfelt-Tarp etc. 1984 Sainsbury, K.J. etc. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054779. NTUM01437. NTUM03418. NTUM03419. NTUM03584.
Common Name	Striped stingfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with X-XI spines and 8-10(10) soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 7-9 soft rays. Without bladder. Dorsal side brownish gray. abdomen side white. Most pectoral fin black, basement gray. Caudal fin with dark spot.
habitats	Occurs over soft bottoms. Secretive species, usually found by accident. Buries itself in the sand during the day. Usually in shallow sheltered habitats with sparse seagrass beds. Sits on top of the sand at night.
Distribution	Inhabit demersal marine environment; depth range 11 - 46 m.
Utility	Not commercial food species.