Scientific Name	Rondeletia loricata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Abe & Hotta, 1963	Depth	100 - 1130M
Chinese	網肩紅口仿鯨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	紅口仿鯨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F271　Rondeletiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	網肩龍氏鯨頭魚
Max Length	11 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅口仿鯨、鯨頭魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Kesen-numa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan [Western North Pacific], depth 750 meters
Synonyms	Rondeletia bicolor
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Abe, T. etc. 1963 Tominaga, Y. etc. 1972 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 A. H. Kо etc. 1996 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061771. ASIZP0061784. ASIZP0064211. ASIZP0900187. ASIZP0900197. ASIZP0901306.
Common Name	Red-mouth whalefish; Redmouth whalefish; Armored redmouth whalefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body flabby, somewhat whaleshaped with median fins opposite and far posterior. Head large; mucous cavities on top of head indistinct, covered by thick skin. Eyes small. Snout very long; nasal organ moderately developed. Mouth large, upper jaw not extending beyond anterior margin of eye. Teeth small and closely set, on jaws and vomer; palatine, ectopterygoid, and copula lacking teeth. Gill rakers well developed, lath-like. Fins without spines; 1 dorsal fin with 14 to 16 soft rays; anal fin with 13 to 15 soft rays; pectoral fins with 10 or 11 rays; pelvic fins abdominal with 5 soft rays; caudal fin with 19 principal rays. Lateral line as vertical rows of papillae without supporting internal scales. No external body scales. No photophores or luminous tissue. No cavernous tissue. Pleural ribs present. Total vertebrae 25 or 26. Colour in life, orange-brown, inside mouth and gill cavities red-orange; in preservative, brown.
habitats	Diurnal depths from 750 m, migrating to 100 m at night. Feeds on amphipod and crustacean remains.
Distribution	Worldwide in tropical to temperate seas. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.