Scientific Name	Hoplichthys regani   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Jordan, 1908	Depth	50 - 200M
Chinese	雷根氏針鯒	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	針鯒科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F314　Hoplichthyidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長指棘鯒(雷氏棘鯒)
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	針牛尾
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、South West、North East、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kagoshima, Japan.
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1.. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1908 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NTUM05382.
Common Name	Ghost flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VI spines and 15 soft rays; anal fin with 16-17 soft rays; pectoral fin with 13+3 soft rays; lateral line scales 28; gill rakers 12-15. Interorbital space very narrow, the width contained 4.2 times in eye diameter. First dorsal fin relatively high, reaching to base of 2nd dorsal ray when depressed. Pectoral fin short, the longest detached rays extending fully to tip of the fin. The shape of Hoplichthys regani is similar to Hoplichthys gilberti.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine deep-water environment, other ecological behavior is not clear yet.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia and northwestern Australia; also from Japan and Taiwan.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible.