Scientific Name	Hime japonica			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Günther, 1877)	Depth	85 - 330M
Chinese	日本姬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	仙女魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F185　Aulopidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本姬魚
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	仙女魚、狗母、汕狗母
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Yokohama market, Japan
Synonyms	Aulopus japonicus, Hime japonicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-燈籠魚目(陳等, 2002)；Parin, N.V. and A.N. Kotlyar 1989 A new aulopodid species, Hime microps from the eastern south Pacific, with comments on geographic variations of H. japonica. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(4):407-413.   Günther, A. 1877 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 陳素芝 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058857. ASIZP0060901. ASIZP0061135. ASIZP0063281. ASIZP0064903. ASIZP0064983. ASIZP0066010. ASIZP0066029. ASIZP0070300. ASIZP0073390. ASIZP0074448. ASIZP0079009. ASIZP0700117. ASIZP0700174. ASIZP0800074. ASIZP0800075. ASIZP0800076. ASIZP0800632. ASIZP0800689. ASIZP0910074. ASIZP0910075. ASIZP0910076. ASIZP0910632. ASIZP0910689. ASIZP0915945.
Barcode	2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Japanese aulopus; Japanese thread-sail fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately slender, subcylindrical anteriorly to moderately compressed posteriorly, moderately elongate. Diameter of orbit equal to or greater than length of snout. Lateral line present, with 40-46 scales. Total gill rakers 18-23. Dorsal fin moderate to long based and high, with 15-17 rays; fourth dorsal fin ray longest, but not elongated into a filament. Pyloric caeca absent. In males, anterior part of dorsal fin with a large reddish blotch and a yellowish band on anal fin. In females with many dark dots on anterior part of dorsal fin.
habitats	Benthic fishes from inshore to outer shelf and upper slope from 85 to 330m depth. Feed as probable carnivores.
Distribution	Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	Minor commercial importance. Marketed fresh.