Scientific Name	Acanthaphritis barbata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Okamura & Kishida, 1963)	Depth	100 - 500M
Chinese	鬚棘吻魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱸鰧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F439　Percophidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	鬚棘吻魚
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鴨嘴鱚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bungo Channel, off Yamatahama, Ehime Pref., Japan
Synonyms	Acanthaphritis barbatus, Spinapsaron barbatum, Spinapsaron barbatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Okamura, O. etc. 1963 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0066954. ASIZP0066958. FRIP01060. NTMP0034. NTMP0353. NTMP0552. NTMP0959. NTMP0999. NTMP1422. NTUM06215. NTUM06325. NTUM06902. NTUM06956. NTUM06957.
Common Name	Duckbill
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Elongate trachinoid fishes, head depressed anteriorly. Eyes usually large, usually with dorsal iris flap. Interorbital space narrow. Mouth large; upper and lower jaws same length. Operculum with one spine. Two forward-directed spines on anterior snout tip. One barbel at tip of upper jaw in males. Two dorsal fins; first dorsal fin low, with V spines; posterior dorsal rays elongate, with 20 or 21 rays. Body scales ctenoid. Bright yellow band from operculum to upper tail base; spinous dorsal fin black and yellow streak on caudal fin.
habitats	Inhabits the shelf and shelf edge on rock bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from southern Japan to Taiwan. Also from northwestern Australia. It is found in northeastern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.