Scientific Name	Pterygotrigla multiocellata   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Matsubara, 1937)	Depth	250 - 500M
Chinese	多斑棘角魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	角魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F310　Triglidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	多斑角魴鮄
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	雞角、角仔魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East、PonFu、LanI Is.
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kumano-Nada, southeastern of Kii Peninsula, Japan, depth 150 fathoms
Synonyms	Parapterygotrigla multiocellata
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Matsubara, K. 1937 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059438. ASIZP0072291. ASIZP0073466. ASIZP0804285. ASIZP0807664. ASIZP0914285. ASIZP0916019. ASIZP0917664. NMMBP02805.
Common Name	Antrorse spined gurnard
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VIII-VIII and 11-12 soft rays; anal fin with 12 soft rays; pectoral fin with 15 soft rays; lateral line scales 57-64; gill rakers 2+8; vertebrae 9-10+17-18. Rostral projection large and strong, triangular. No spines around orbit; nasal spine present, opercular spine short, nuchal spine long, rostral spines strong but short, antrorse rostral spine present, and cleithral spine long. Base of first dorsal fin with 10 flat plates, first plate extends in advance of first dorsal-fin spine. Lateral line scales small, more than 70 rows. Red in color.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine deep-water environment, depth range 250-500m. Attains 35 cm TL. Rare species.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Japan southward to Taiwan, eastward to Saipan. Also reported from New Caledonia. Including the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, East China Sea, and Saigon.
Utility	Rare species, not commercial food species.