Scientific Name	Antigonia rubescens   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Günther, 1860)	Depth	182 - 345M
Chinese	紅菱鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	羊魴科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F488　Caproidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紅菱鯛
Max Length	22 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	菱鯛、紅皮刀
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Antigonia fowleri, Hypsinotus benhalatate, Hypsinotus rubescens
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2004)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0053851. ASIZP0064554. ASIZP0068159. ASIZP0803920. ASIZP0913920. FRIP21450. NMMBP00579. NTMP1243. NTMP1314.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Boarfish; Indo-Pacific boarfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body disc-shaped, strongly compressed; dorsal profile angular, ventral profile semicircular; body depth more than twice head length. Mouth small, oblique; upper jaw protrusible; bands of small teeth on jaws, none on vomer or palatines. Gill rakers on first gill arch 17 to 19. Single dorsal fin with VIII to VIII or IX spines and 26 to 28 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 25 to 27 soft rays; dorsal- and anal-fin rays branched; caudal fin truncate, with 10 branched rays; pectoral-fin rays 13 or 14; pelvic fins with I strong spine and 5 branched soft rays. Scales small, round or slightly oval, with enlarged ctenii. Vertebrae 10 + 12. Body uniformly light reddish orange.
habitats	Adults usually found near the bottom in depths of 182 to 345 m. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Japan to Australia. is found in northeastern and southwestern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.