Scientific Name	Rhinopias aphanes   Pronounce			by: ©Adams, Mary Jane
Author	Eschmeyer, 1973	Depth	3 - 30M
Chinese	隱居吻鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	隱居吻鮋
Max Length	25.0 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	綴瓣吻鮋、石狗公、石頭魚、石虎(澎湖)
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Coral	Holotype Locality	NNew Caledonia, outside barrier reef facing Nouméa, depth 30 meters
Synonyms
Reference	陳春暉(2003)澎湖的魚類；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2005)  Dinesen, Z.D. etc. 1982 Nakabo T. 2002 陳春暉 2003
Specimen List
Common Name	Merlet's scorpionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist