Scientific Name	Phenacoscorpius megalops   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	Fowler, 1938	Depth	68 - 622M
Chinese	菲律賓偽大眼鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	菲律賓偽大眼鮋
Max Length	4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大眼鮋、石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats		Holotype Locality	27 miles southeast of Bagatao Island Light, between Burias and Luzon, Philippines [Burias Pass, Sibuyan Sea, western Pacific], 12°54'40
Synonyms	Scorpaenopsis stigma
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Fowler, H. W. 1938 Paulin, C. D., A. Stewart, C. D. Roberts etc. 1989 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0066327. ASIZP0801524. ASIZP0911524. CAS47299. NTUM03863.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 9 soft rays; anal fin with III spines 5 soft rays. Lachrymal bone consisting of 2 spines over maxillary, first as a broad lobe, second as a broad spine pointing down; well marked suborbital ridge with 5 or 6 or more spines; second preopercle spine small or absent. Distinguished from other Hawaiian scorpionfishes by having only the anterior 4 or 5 tubed lateral line scales present, with the remainder of the lateral line absent; and presence of large melanophores on the caudal peduncle.
habitats	Inhabit bathydemersal marine environment; depth range 68 - 622 m. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Philippines, Taiwan, the East Indies and Hawaii and New Zealand.
Utility	Not commercial food species.