Scientific Name	Lophiodes insidiator   Pronounce			by: Kwang-Tsao Shao
Author	(Regan, 1921)	Depth	200 - 600M
Chinese	南非擬鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F227　Lophiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	南非擬鮟鱇
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鮟鱇
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	15-20 miles off Umvoti River, Natal, South Africa, depth 120-130 fathoms
Synonyms	Chirolophius crosnieri, Chirolophius insidiator, Chirolophius phycoides
Reference	Regan, C. T. 1921 Caruso, J. H. 1981 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057245. ASIZP0062329. ASIZP0062330. ASIZP0062598. ASIZP0063234. ASIZP0063274. ASIZP0064510. ASIZP0064560. ASIZP0064561. ASIZP0065116. ASIZP0066352. ASIZP0070145. ASIZP0910780.
Common Name	Natal angler; Natal monk
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body disk oval-shaped; head less than half of body length; skin smoothly and scaleless, with numerous large fleshy tendrils; lateral ridge of frontal bone smoothly; pseudobranch present; interorbital area strongly concave, forming deep U-shaped trough between eyes;humeral spine well developed, sharp and simple; illicium slender, devoid of tendrils, shorter than the second dorsal spine; esca with a fleshy pennant-like flap, long cirri, and a pair of dark, eye-like appendages; second third dorsal spine long and and dark distally; post cephalic portions with three well-developed dorsal spine; all dorsal spines but illicium stout and bearing large dark tendrils. Body uniform dusky to dark; ventral surface light; anal fin slightly darker distally; oval cavity lightly pigmented except for dark pitch on floor on mouth posterior.
habitats	Marine. Bathydemersal, found in the outer continental shelf and upper slope, usually in depth 200-600 m. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lure at the end call illicium and esca, acts as a fishing lure to attract preys.
Distribution	Distributed in west Indian and west Pacific Ocean from South Africa to northern Madagascar and Japan. It occurs in the Northeast Taiwan off Yilan.
Utility	Large one as fresh sea food, mostly no commercial value.