Scientific Name	Ablabys macracanthus   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Bleeker, 1852)	Depth	1 - 50M
Chinese	大棘帆鰭鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	大棘帆鰭鮋
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	長棘長絨鮋、獅子魚、黑虎
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Wahai, northern Ceram, Indonesia
Synonyms	Amblyapistus macracanthus, Apistus macracanthus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Chen, C.-H., 2004 Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p.  Bleeker, P. 1852 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳春暉 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0057379. NTUM03862. SIO80-219c.
Common Name	Spiny leaf-fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XV spines and 7-8 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 9-10 soft rays; lateral line scales 18-22; pectoral fin with 11-12 soft rays; dorsal-, anal- and pectoral-fin soft rays simple, not branched. Laterally compressed body, high sail like dorsal fin, starting on the head, anteriorly to the eye. Vertical head profile, small mouth. Brown colour, more or less dark. Large pectoral fins. With a more anteriorly pointed dorsal fin and more rays in anal fin.
habitats	Inhabits reef-associated marine environment. Inshore, usually muddy-sand habitat, estuaries and coastal slopes. Found in bay, on sandy bottoms. When observed by divers, often it rocks sideways pushing alternatively with the 2 pectoral fins, as a leaf move
Distribution	Western Indian Ocean. Western Pacific.
Utility	Not commerical fishery species. Aquarium species.