Scientific Name	Taenianotus triacanthus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Lacepède, 1802	Depth	- M
Chinese	三棘帶鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	三棘帶鮋
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	三棘高身鮋、石狗公、玫瑰絨鮋、石頭魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Benthos	Holotype Locality	no locality
Synonyms	Taenianothus triacanthus, Taenianotus citrinellus, Taeniatus triacanthus, Taenionotus triacanthus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Schultz, L.P. 1938 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Randall, J. E. etc. 2001
Specimen List	NMMSTP00023. NTUM03478.
Common Name	Paperfish; Sailfin leaf fish; Sailfin leaffish; Swayfish; Threespine scorpionfish; Leaffish; Leaf fish; Leaf scorpionfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 8-10(9) soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5 soft rays; LLp 23-25; gill rakers 5-6+7-10=13-16. This genus differs from Scorpaena in lacking palatine teeth. Body color and markings show considerable variation. About one-fourth of eye projecting above dorsal profile of head; interorbital space hemispherical when viewed from front, and not deep, the maximum depth contained more than 3 times in orbit diameter; fourth or fifth dorsal spines usually longest (2.6-3.15 in head length); first dorsal spine 1.7-2.1 in second spine; snout length 2.8-3.05 in head length.
habitats	Inhabits demersal marine environment, depth 3-91m. Body color changes with depth of habitat. Nocturnal behaviour and feed on small fish, shrimps, crabs. Other ecological behaviour is unclear.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and China south to Hong Kong and northern Taiwan. Taiwan: around Taiwan and islands.
Utility	Not commercial food species, edible. Spines with venom.