Scientific Name	Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Kamohara, 1936	Depth	182 - 500M
Chinese	長吻棘角魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	角魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F310　Triglidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長吻角魴鮄
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	雞角、角仔魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Synonyms	Dixiphichthys ferculum, Dixiphistes macrorhynchus, Parapterygotrigla macrorhynchus, Pterygotrigla picta
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Kamohara, T. 1936 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NMMBP05326.
Common Name	Gurnard; Searobin
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VIII spines and 12 soft rays; anal fin with 11-12 soft rays; pectoral fin with 17 soft rays; lateral line scales 59-62; gill rakers 3 + 16; vertebrae 10+17. Rostral projection very long, tubular and flattish, and slightly directed outward. Breast and nape without scales. Preserved specimens with 3 dark bands on pectoral fin. No spots on dorsum.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment. depth range -500m, rare deep-water species.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Japan southward, Taiwan to the Philippines, also in western and eastern Australia and around Madagascar, Mozambique Channel and Andaman Sea.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.