Scientific Name	Lophius litulon   Pronounce			by: H. C. Ho
Author	(Jordan, 1902)	Depth	25 - 560M
Chinese	黃鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F227　Lophiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃鮟鱇
Max Length	150 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鮟鱇
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tokyo, Japan
Synonyms	Lophiomus litulon
Reference	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).   Jordan, D. S. 1902 Caruso, J. H. 1983 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0063058. ASIZP0065406. ASIZP0066343. ASIZP0066962. ASIZP0066963. ASIZP0075152. ASIZP0806628. ASIZP0900353. ASIZP0916628. ASIZP0917371. NMMBP02869. NMMBP03718. NMMBP05796.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Yellow goosefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body disk rounded; head broad and depressed; skin smoothly and scaleless, with numerous tasseled, fleshy appendages; lateral ridge of frontal bone with two series of low conical spine; pseudobranch present; interorbit broad and slightly caved; humeral spine well developed and complex with 2-3 small spines; illicium short, slender, devoid of tendrils, usually shorter than the second dorsal spine; esca with simple pennant-like flap, without long cirri and eye-like appendages; second dorsal spine short, darkly pigmented distally and with dark tendrils present; third dorsal spine long, darkly pigment and devoid of tendril; fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal spine short, devoid of tendrils an dark pigment at bases. Body with dark-brown irregular reticular vein on yellow-brown background on dorsal surface; ventral surface light; underside of pectoral fin dark distally; anal and caudal fins dark; oral cavity pale or dusky, without color pattern.
habitats	Marine. Bathydemersal, found in the outer continental shelf and upper slope, usually in depth 100-600 m. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lure at the end call illicium and esca, acts as a fishing lure to attracting small fish and
Distribution	Restricted to the northwest Pacific from Japan to East China Sea. It is rare in Taiwan, its southmost distributing range extend to the Northeast off Yilan.
Utility	Serve as high value and delicious seafood. Some used in Chinese medicine.