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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Setarches
Setarches longimanus (Alcock, 1894)

Provider:

Chen, Jeng-Ping

Synonyms：

Lioscorpius longiceps, Lioscorpius longiceps longimanus, Lythrichthys eulabes, Scorpaenella cypho, Setarches guentheri longiceps, Starches longimanus

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)

Character:

Dorsal fin with XI-XIII spines and 9-11 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 5-7 soft rays; pectoral fin with 20-23 soft rays; lateral line scales 22-28; gill rakers 6+11-13; vertebras 10+14. Resembles S. guentheri, but differs in having the 3nd preopercular spine much shorter than 1st or 3rd, or absent. Interorbital wodth broad, 8-12% of SL. Body bright-crimson-red.

Habitat:

Inhabits bathydemersal marine environment, depth 180-704m. Caught by trawl net. Attains 18cm SL. Dorsal spines with poison galnd in flicts painful wounds.

Distribution:

Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean east to Fukushima Prefecture, Taiwan, Japan, south to Australia. Also reported from the Arafura Sea.

Name Code:

382893

Marine