Scientific Name	Pteroidichthys amboinensis   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	Bleeker, 1856	Depth	- M
Chinese	安邦狹簑鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	安汶狹簑鮋
Max Length	5.7 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	安朋狹簑鮋、石狗公、石頭魚
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats		Holotype Locality	Amboina [Ambon Island, Moluccas, Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific]; Manado, Celebes [northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, Celebes Sea, western Pacific]
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Chen, L. C. etc. 1984 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0064130. NMMBP03016. NTUM04255.
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 10 soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 6 soft rays; pectoral fin with 15 soft rays; lateral line pole 18. Supraorbital tentacle is obvious long. Color variably, matching environment. Has red, brown or green colors that relate to the algae types found in the surrounding habitats.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment. Lives primarily in algae or soft-bottom habitats. This species is vary rare, only 6 specimen were discovered.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: known only from few specimens taken from the Ryukyu Islands, Celebes, Ambon, Viet Nam, Taiwan and Madras.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.