| Scientific Name
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by: Kwang-Tsao Shao
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| Author |
(Günther, 1877) |
Depth
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650 - 990M
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| Chinese |
平棘腔吻鱈 |
Poisonous Fish
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No
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| Family_Chinese |
鼠尾鱈科 |
Economic Fish
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Yes
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| Family
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F215 Macrouridae |
Edible Fish
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Yes
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Chinese In Mainland China
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平棘腔吻鱈
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| Max Length |
48 cm |
Aquarium Fish
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No
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Common Name |
鱈魚
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Distribution in World |
India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean |
Distribution in Taiwan |
South
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Habitats |
Deep Sea、Benthos |
Holotype Locality |
Off Inoshima [Innoshima, now Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea, western Pacific], Challenger station 232, depth 345 fathoms |
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Synonyms |
Caelorichus parallelus, Caelorinchus parallelus, Coelorhynchus parallelus, Macrurus parallelus 
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Reference |
臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；邱美倫（2002）碩士論文；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)
 Günther, A. 1877 Okamura, O. 1970 Okamura, O. 1970 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 
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Specimen List |
ASIZP0063799. ASIZP0065542. ASIZP0065570. ASIZP0065630. ASIZP0066108. ASIZP0070271. ASIZP0070690. ASIZP0801492. ASIZP0901422. ASIZP0911492. NMMSTP00884. 
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| Barcode | 2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% |
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Common Name |
Spiny grenadier; Spiny rattail |
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Redlist Status |
Not in IUCN Redlist |
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Characteristic |
Snout long, 42 to 48% of head length, its anterolateral margin slightly convex and incompletely supported by bone; orbit moderate in size, 23 to 27% of head length, upper jaw short, 22 to 26% of head length; suborbital width 50 to 63% of orbit diameter; orbit 1.7 to 1.8 times into snout; teeth in bands in both jaws; inner gill rakers on first arch 0 +7; head ridges strong, spiny, supraoccipital and post-temporal ridges developed; scales on top of head and on occipical crest with a single spinous ridge; dorsal surface of snout completely scaled; underside of head, including mandibular rami, covered with scales having a single spinous ridge. First dorsal fin with 2 spines and 8 or 9 rays, no elongated rays, height about equal to postrostral length of head; pectoral fin rays i17 to i18. Light organ barely visible as a balck crescent before anus. Body scales large, adherent; stout spinules on broad triopod bases in 1 to 6 parallel, ridge-like rows, middle row much enlarged; scales below midbase of first dorsal fin 4.5 to 5.5. Pyloric caeca about 9. 
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habitats |
Benthopelagic fishes in the deep sea. A rare species of macrourids from the upper continental slope off northwestern Taiwan at depths between 400m and 800m. Food of these fishes consists of a wide range of fish and both benthic and pelagic invertebrates. |
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Distribution |
Southern Japan, East China Sea, and the Philippines, but may extend into indian Ocean, Australia and New Zealand.
Northeastern Taiwan, Tashi ; 24 54'63"N, 122 03'49"E.
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Utility |
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