Amami Grenadier

Head almost completely scaled, except for the underside of the snout and anteriorly on the mandibular rami. Snout short, pointed, with stout conical tubercle at its tip and lateral angles; suborbital ridge prominent; mouth small; chin barbel very small. Scales rather deciduous; body scales with slender spinules in 7 to 19 parallel rows. Pyloric caeca 11 to 14, about half of orbit diameter, directed anteriorly. Overall color is purplish brown, lighter ventrally on head and trunk; oral and branchial cavities blackish; fins blackish.

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0

Benthopelagic in sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 1371).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family

分布於太平洋區，由日本南方、中國東海外緣、臺灣東北部及夏威夷等海域。

一般以底拖網捕獲，不具食用價值，通常做為下雜魚用。

體型延長，側扁。頭部中大，佈滿弱棘小鱗。口較小，頤部有一細小之鬚。吻部短，其尖端部有特化之棘鱗，突起形成一小節結。前鰓蓋骨脊圓突。第一鰓弓有一黑色皮褶與鰓裂完全密合。第一背鰭有一甚長之鰭條，其長度大於頭長的2倍，硬棘具鋸齒；腹鰭起點前於背鰭起點，軟條7-8。體被中小型櫛鱗，棘刺細長而尖，略呈平行排列。體色為淺棕色，各鰭邊緣均有漸層之黑色暗邊。

主要棲息於250-790公尺深的水層中，喜在泥砂混濁的深海底質上棲息覓食，為深海底棲性的魚類。以小型明蝦及磷蝦為主食。