Scientific Name	Lutjanus bengalensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1790)	Depth	10 - 30M
Chinese	孟加拉笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	孟加拉灣笛鯛
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	赤筆仔、黃雞母(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bengal
Synonyms	Diacope octolineata, Diacope octovittata, Holocentrus bengalensis, Labrus octovittatus, Mesoprion pomacanthus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Iwatsuki, Y. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0055897. ASIZP0056100. ASIZP0058444. ASIZP0058445. ASIZP0063457. ASIZP0065778. ASIZP0070116. ASIZP0070119. ASIZP0801088. ASIZP0802464. ASIZP0804160. ASIZP0804161. ASIZP0911088. ASIZP0912464. ASIZP0914160. ASIZP0914161. FRIP00651. FRIP20249. FRIP21526. NMMSTP00513. NTMP0263. NTMP1199. NTMP1453. NTUM07623.
Barcode	2012-01-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Red snapper; Bengal snapper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body fusiform, slender to moderately deep. Snout somewhat pointed; preorbital bone relatively narrow; its width usually less than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob well developed; vomerine tooth patch crescentic, without a medial posterior extension; tongue smooth, without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 17 to 19, total gill rakers on first arch 26 to 28. Dorsal fin with X spines and 12 to 14 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; posterior profile and anal fins moderately pointed; pectoral fins with 16 or 17 rays; caudal fin emarginate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Color generally bright yellow on the upper half of the body and white ventrally; upper sides with four blue stripes, the uppermost extending from the upper edge of the opercle to the base of the last dorsal rays, and the lowermost from the rear edge of the eye to the middle of the caudal peduncle. The medial fins yellow; the pectoral and pelvic fins whitish.
habitats	Mainly inhabits coral and rocky reefs. Sometimes forms small aggregations around rocky outcrops and coral heads during daylight hours. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Sumatra to East Africa and the Red Sea northward to the Ryukyu Islands. It is a common species in southern Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed mostly fresh.