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Formosa Grenadier

Coelorinchus formosanus Okamura 1963

Diagnostic Description

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Snout moderately long and sharply pointed. Head ridges well developed but not especially coarse. Light organ long, extending as a black streak from the anus to just behind the isthmus. Grayish dorsally, silvery ventrally, with irregular blotches on trunk and tail.
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Recorder
Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0
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Importance

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

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分布於西北太平洋區,包括日本南方、中國東海及臺灣東北部等。
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利用

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400公尺以下採獲的個體,體型較大可達36公分長,軀幹部份肉多味美可以食用。其捕獲數量極多,台灣漁民捕獲後偶取較大個體為食,其餘仍是棄置為下雜魚並未列入漁貨。
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描述

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體延長而側扁,尾長如帶,愈往後愈尖細。頭大。吻部極端延長,呈尖銳狀,吻的邊緣軟不完全被硬骨所支持;鼻窩裸露無鱗;齒為錐狀,多列排列成寬齒帶。第二背鰭起點與臀鰭起點對齊;體被弱棘鱗,棘刺多且密,形狀大小一致呈散射狀排列;頭部腹面的後方區域被鱗,其餘部份裸出。發光器甚長,由肛門起向前延伸達喉峽部,為長型桿狀,兩端膨起,各有一個發光腺。體為淺灰色,體側夾雜許多不明顯的淡青色斑紋,腹部白色,吻部腹面白色並散有零星小黑點。
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棲地

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主要棲息於水深200-450公尺之泥砂底質的海域,底棲肉食性魚類,以小型蝦蟹為主食。
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