Longsnout Spikefish

Inhabits trawling grounds (Ref. 3132).

Halimochirurgus centriscoides Alcock

The origin of the adductor mandibulae sections is as for M. platycheilus. A single tendon passes anteriorly, inserting only on the posteromedial face of the dentary. The protractor hyoidei is similar to that of M. platycheilus, but there is no connection to the dentary. Instead, the fibers fade out in the connective tissue between the interopercles, about halfway up the length of the snout. The comments made in connection with M. platycheilus for the remaining muscular systems also apply to H. centriscoides.

分布於印度-西太平洋區，包括阿達曼海、印度-澳洲群島、南中國海及台灣等海域。台灣東沙島海域有產。

通常以底拖網捕獲，魚體小，不具食用價值。

體延長，稍側扁；尾柄細扁；上枕骨區扁平。吻管狀，極長，向背側上翹，吻寬為眼眶隔長之半；口上位，唇薄，口寬略大於口後吻寬；上下頜齒皆為一列，極小，皆為犬狀齒。鰓孔長，下緣達胸鰭基部下方，眼徑約其1.5倍。體被細鱗，每一鱗片的表面有5-6直立的棘突排列成行，棘多細尖，無分叉的棘突，有時具1-2輔助小棘。背鰭兩個，硬棘VI，但僅第I、II棘發育良好，第III棘極小，其餘後三棘皆在皮膚之下，未露出；腹鰭通常只有1軟條，腹鰭骨扁平而窄；胸鰭尖長，位低；尾鰭圓形。體呈玫瑰橘色，延著背側具1-3條暗色縱帶。各鰭與體同色。

主要棲息於大陸棚緣附近水域之底層魚類。生態習性不甚清楚。