Scientific Name	Cyttopsis rosea   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lowe, 1843)	Depth	200 - 500M
Chinese	玫瑰腹棘的鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	准的鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F285　Parazenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紅腹棘海魴
Max Length	31 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	玫瑰的鯛、紅的鯛
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Off Madeira, northeastern Atlantic
Synonyms	Cyttopsis itea, Cyttopsis roseus, Cyttopsis scuutatus, Cyttus roseus, Paracyttopsis scutatus, Zen itea, Zen scutatus, Zeus roseus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2003)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Lowe, R. T. 1843 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058532. ASIZP0059044. ASIZP0060083. ASIZP0062296. ASIZP0063235. ASIZP0063636. ASIZP0065909. ASIZP0066008. ASIZP0066027. ASIZP0700128. ASIZP0800692. ASIZP0800693. ASIZP0800694. ASIZP0901244. ASIZP0910692. ASIZP0910693. ASIZP0910694. NMMBP05089. NMMBP05090. NMNSF00790. ROM71766.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Rosy dory; Red dory; Rose dory
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval and strongly compressed; head also strongly compressed; body depth greater than head length; with spiny plates on ventral ridge of body between pelvic and anal fins. Upper end of pectoral-fin base at same level as lower end of eye. Mouth large, oblique, highly protrusible; anteriorly directing spine in a series on supraorbital. Teeth on jaws small, in broad bands anteriorly. Gill rakers rudimentary low knobs. A single dorsal fin, with VII spines and 28 to 30 soft rays; 1st anal spine large and immovable, 2nd one small and moveable; caudal fin double truncate; pectoral fins much shorter than head, with 13 or 14 rays; pelvic fin spine soft, flexible; pelvic fin soft rays long, the longest reaching 5th anal ray when depressed. Lateral line complete, strongly curved over pectoral fin. Body scales small; head naked. Body uniformly light red, paler below.
habitats	Forms schools. From 200 to 500 m. Feeds on other fishes and swimming decapod crustaceans.
Distribution	Western Atlantic: southeastern USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to western Caribbean; northern coast of South America. Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay round the South African coast to Natal. Indian Ocean: Somalia and off the south-west coast of India. West
Utility	No commercial value.