Diagnostic Description
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Body roundish in young, becoming ovate with age. Forehead without rostral prominence even in adult. Caudal peduncle relatively deep and compressed without dorsal and ventral precaudal depressions. Four or 5 bony plates are on each side of the caudal peduncle. Posterior 3 or 4 plates with feeble triangular keels.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 24; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23
Biology
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Often found in groups in shallow, surge rocky areas (Ref. 9710). Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland (Ref. 57406).
Importance
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aquarium: commercial
分布
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分布於西北太平洋區海域,由日本至台灣。台灣各地海域及離島均有分布,但以北部、東北部海域較盛產。
利用
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以一支釣或延繩釣較常捕獲,而由於成魚常大群於礁區出現亦為潛水客鏢魚之對象。觀賞及食用兼具。剝皮切塊,以醬油煮食或作湯均可,棘刺較少,吃食容易,肉質尚可。處理時須小心尾柄棘傷人。
描述
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幼時體呈圓形,隨著成長而漸呈橢圓形;成魚後前額無突出之角狀骨;尾柄細長,有4-5個黑色固定之骨板,後3個盾板上的銳脊強大。頭中大。吻尖突。口裂小,上下頜等長;上下頜各具齒1列,前端門齒狀,後端鋸齒狀。體被細小櫛鱗,似鯊魚皮。背、臀鰭低;尾鰭近截形或內凹。體一致為灰色或近黑色。尾柄棘溝黑色。成魚尾鰭後緣為白色,幼魚時則於尾柄後半到整個尾鰭均是白色。
棲地
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喜棲息於珊瑚茂密區及岩礁區。幼魚多半分散在礁盤上覓食,成魚則成大群地洄游於礁區之間,屬雜食性魚種,以藻類及底棲性生物為主食。
Prionurus scalprum
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Prionurus scalprum is a subtropical fish found in coral reefs in the northwest Pacific Ocean.[2] It is commonly known as the Scalpel sawtail.[3] It is sometimes used in aquariums.[2]
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Prionurus scalprum: Brief Summary
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Prionurus scalprum is a subtropical fish found in coral reefs in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the Scalpel sawtail. It is sometimes used in aquariums.
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