Scientific Name	Scorpaena miostoma   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Günther, 1877	Depth	- M
Chinese	小口鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	小口鮋
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石狗公、石頭魚、過溝仔(澎湖)、臭頭格子(澎湖)
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East
Habitats		Holotype Locality	Yokohama (market), Japan
Synonyms	Scorpaena neglecta miostoma, Scorpaenodes littoralis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Günther, A. 1877 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056236. ASIZP0057714. ASIZP0057740. ASIZP0057741. ASIZP0061417. ASIZP0061435. ASIZP0062230. ASIZP0063565. ASIZP0063566. ASIZP0063629. ASIZP0063633. ASIZP0066004. ASIZP0066038. ASIZP0066075. ASIZP0067741. ASIZP0071130. ASIZP0073621. ASIZP0080017. ASIZP0080018. ASIZP0080019. ASIZP0800712. ASIZP0800713. ASIZP0801624. ASIZP0803502. ASIZP0806170. ASIZP0807331. ASIZP0807332. ASIZP0807333. ASIZP0910712. ASIZP0910713. ASIZP0911624. ASIZP0913502. ASIZP0916170. ASIZP0917331. ASIZP0917332. ASIZP0917333. FRIP01049. ...List all 44 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-20,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-20,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-20,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Stonefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 9 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5-6 soft rays. No nuchal spine. Posterior top of upper jaw not reaching below eye center. A small black blotch on membranes between 7th and 9th dorsal spines in the male, without it in the female. Moderate-sized species. Body low, not protuberant under anterior dorsal-fin base. Lateral line sloping moderately downward above pectoral fin. Mouth small, maxilla not reaching posterior margin of eye (almost reaching in some specimens). Small embedded scales in front of pectoral fin base.
habitats	Inhabits marine demersal environment; maximum size is 13 cm SL. Other ecological behaviour is unclear, yet.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Chiba Prefecture, Taiwan, Japan to Pusan, South Korea.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible, not common in market.