Scientific Name	Parazen pacificus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Kamohara, 1935	Depth	150 - 600M
Chinese	太平洋准的鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	准的鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F285　Parazenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	太平洋副海魴
Max Length	14 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	准海魴
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2003)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Kamohara, T. 1935 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058434. ASIZP0064556. ASIZP0064581. ASIZP0065892. ASIZP0065920. ASIZP0066019. ASIZP0700134. ASIZP0800695. ASIZP0800696. ASIZP0800697. ASIZP0910695. ASIZP0910696. ASIZP0910697. NMMBP05771.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Parazen
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong and compressed. Eye large, its diameter greater than snout length. Mouth large, oblique, the upper jaw highly protrusile; jaws with 1 or 2 rows of short, slender, conical teeth; similar teeth on vomer; maxilla exposed posteriorly; no supramaxilla; posteroventral corner of preopercle without retrorse spine. Gill rakers short and flattened, 1 on upper limb and 4 to 6 on lower limb of first arch (not counting rudiments). Two dorsal fins, the first with VI to VIII slender spines, the second dorsal fin with 27 to 29 soft rays; anal fin with I small spine and 28 to 34 soft rays; caudal fin forked, with 11 segmented rays and 9 branched rays; pectoral fins much shorter than head, with 12 to 16 rays; pelvic fins with 1 unbranched soft ray and 6 branched soft rays, no spine. Two lateral lines anteriorly, merging to a single line on the caudal peduncle. Head naked; body scales moderate in size, deciduous and weakly ctenoid. Vertebrae 12 + 22 = 34. Body reddish silver.
habitats	Caught with trawls in depths of 150 to 600 m. Biology unknown.
Distribution	Western Central Atlantic: northern Cuba. Indo-West Pacific: Natal (South Africa), Japan, and Taiwan; Chesterfield Island. It is very rare and only found in souyhern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Uncommon deep-sea fishes of no commercial importance.