Scientific Name	Neomerinthe megalepis   Pronounce			by: ©Hin-Kiu Mok
Author	(Fowler, 1938)	Depth	62 - 200M
Chinese	大鱗新棘鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	大鱗新棘鮋
Max Length	9.9 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Vicinity of Hong Kong, China Sea, 21°54'N, 114°46'E, Albatross station D.5305, depth 37 fathoms
Synonyms	Scorpaena megalepis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishbase(2008)；Chen, L. C. (1981) Scorpaenid fishes of Taiwan. Q. J. Taiwan Mus. (Taipei) v. 34 (nos. 1/2): 1-60  Fowler, H. W. 1938 Chen, L. C. 1981 Thomas Gloerfelt-Tarp etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0064297. CAS15228. NMMBP00730. NTUM03472. NTUM06997. SIO80-206. SIO80-207c. SIO80-208.
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 9 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5 soft rays; pectoral fin with 18-20(19). This species have the same number of suborbital ridge and anterior opercular spine with Neomerinthe procurva; the distance of spines of preopercular spines longer than other two species.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment; maximum size 9.4 cm SL. Other biology imformation is unclear yet.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Indonesia, Taiwan and Philippines.
Utility	Not commercial food species.