Scientific Name	Xenodermichthys nodulosus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Günther, 1878	Depth	100 - 700M
Chinese	平額魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	黑頭魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F171　Alepocephalidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	日本裸平頭魚
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	平頭魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Tokyo, Japan, Challenger station 232, depth 345 fathoms
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.3(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Günther, A. 1878 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058230. ASIZP0058969. ASIZP0058970. ASIZP0059825. ASIZP0060907. ASIZP0061029. ASIZP0061126. ASIZP0061452. ASIZP0061479. ASIZP0062380. ASIZP0063703. ASIZP0063727. ASIZP0063851. ASIZP0064142. ASIZP0064362. ASIZP0066190. ASIZP0067172. ASIZP0067181. ASIZP0080269. ASIZP0801375. ASIZP0802079. ASIZP0802085. ASIZP0900323. ASIZP0901342. ASIZP0901363. ASIZP0911375. ASIZP0912079. ASIZP0912085. NMMBP02076. NMMBP02553. NMMBP02852. NMMBP03507. NMMBP05594. NMMSTP01608. NMNSF00542. NMNSF01493. ZMUCP17266-*. ...List all 37 records...
Barcode	2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Slickhead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head and body covered with filmy skin. Scales absent form the body. Head small; eyes large and circular. Dorsal fin opposite to anal fin. Bases of median fins long; dosal fin with with 32-33 rays and also anal fin with 32-33 rays. Photopores very small projecting from skin with the peduncle. Body color brown.
habitats	A engybenthic species. From 100 - 700 m depth. Probably feed on jelly-fishes, salps, pyrosomes, ctenophores, etc.
Distribution	Distributed from Japan to the Philippines. It found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial importance.