Scientific Name	Pherallodus indicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Weber, 1913)	Depth	1 - 5M
Chinese	印度異齒喉盤魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	喉盤魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F452　Gobiesocidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	印度細喉盤魚
Max Length	3 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	跳海仔、姥姥魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sanana I., Sula Is.
Synonyms	Crepidogaster indicus, Lepadichthys indicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2006)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NTOUP201207-677.
Common Name	Clingfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body anteriorly depressed, posteriorly subcylindrical to compressed. Eyes generally large, located dorsolaterally. Snout protruding anterior. Mouth small. A single short dorsal fin located posteriorly, usually positioned directly above anal fin, dorsal fin with 8 soft rays and anal fin with 7 soft rays,both fins near caudal fin, but not connected to it by membrane; pectoral fins moderate sized, with rounded border, modified to support ventral sucking disc; pelvic fins modified to forma sucking disc on breast, sucking disc dobble type; caudal fin rounded. Skin scaleless, covered with a thick layer of mucous; lower jaw without mandibular canal pores and also without preopercular canal pores. Colour red with one white stripes on upper half of head and body, and another white stripes on dorsal parts.
habitats	Inhabits rocky shores and coral reefs. Among red algae and sea urchins.
Distribution	Distributed in the tropical West Pacific from Japan and Taiwan to Western Central Pacific. It is very rare and only found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.