Taiwan Fish Database

Scientific Name

Parupeneus multifasciatus

Pronounce

by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS

Author

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Depth

3 - 140M

Chinese

多帶海緋鯉

Poisonous Fish

Family_Chinese

鬚鯛科

Economic Fish

Yes

Family

F382　Mullidae

Edible Fish

Yes

Chinese In Mainland China

多帶副緋鯉

Max Length

35 cm TL

Aquarium Fish

Yes

Common Name

老爺、秋姑、鬚哥、黑點秋哥(澎湖)、黑尾秋哥(澎湖)

Distribution in World

India Ocean to Pacific Ocean

Distribution in Taiwan

East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.

Habitats

Coral、Benthos、Coastal

Holotype Locality

Hawaiian Is.

Synonyms

Mullus multifasciatus, Parupeneus multifaciatus, Parupeneus sp. 2, Parupeneus trifasciatus, Pseudupeneus moana, Upeneus atrocingulatus, Upeneus velifer, Upeneus vilifex

Reference

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)

沈世傑編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993

Specimen List

NMMBP03137. ...List all 49 records...

Barcode

2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%

2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%

Common Name

Banded goatfish; Manybar goatfish; Multibarred goatfish

Redlist Status

Not in IUCN Redlist

Characteristic

Body moderately elongate, and moderately compressed. Chin with 2 moderately long slender barbels which reach posterior to rear edge of preopercle and exceptionally to posterior edge of opercle. Snout moderately long; dorsal profile of snout straight to slightly concave; mouth small, maxilla reaching little more than 1/2 distance to anterior edge of eye; a single row of well-spaced, stout, conical teeth in jaws; no teeth on roof of mouth. First gill arch with 7 to 9 gill rakers on upper limb, 29 to 32 on lower limb (total 36 to 41). Two well-separated dorsal fins, the first with VIII spines, the second fin with 9 soft rays; first dorsal-fin spine very short; longest dorsal-fin spine 1.45 to 1.85 times in head length; last ray of second dorsal and anal fins much longer than penultimate ray; anal fin with I spine and 6 soft rays; pectoral-fin rays 15 to 17 (usually 16). Lateral-line scales 27 or 28; 3 rows of scales between dorsal fins; 8 or 9 rows of scales along upper part of caudal peduncle. Body light grey to light brownish red with a broad blackish bar below second dorsal fin, an oblique elliptical black bar nearly crossing caudal peduncle, a narrow dusky bar below interdorsal space, a diffuse broad faint bar usually present below first dorsal fin, and another sometimes evident on nape; area on side between bars paler than rest of body; a dusky band from front of snout through eye, more darkly pigmented on postorbital head; basal half of second dorsal fin blackish, broadening posteriorly to distal part of fin; anal fin and outer half of second dorsal fin yellow with dark-edged blue lines; caudal fin with blue lines paralleling rays.

habitats

This occasionally schooling species occurs over sand patches as well as rubble, consolidated limestone, or coral bottoms from reef flats and shallow lagoons. Feeds primarily on small crabs and shrimps during the day, also demersal fish eggs, mollusks, and

Distribution

Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa Islands; throughout Micronesia. It

Utility

Marketed fresh.