Scientific Name	Belonoperca chabanaudi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Fowler & Bean, 1930	Depth	4 - 30M
Chinese	查氏鱵鱸	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	查氏鱵鱸
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	箭頭肥皂魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Celebes
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Fowler, H.W. etc. 1930 Randall, J. E. etc. 1980 Randall, J. E. etc. 1980 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055127.
Common Name	Arrow-headed soapfish; Chabanaud's soapfish; Arrowhead soapfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Separated dorsal fins; first dorsal fin with VIII-IX spiｮes  second dorsal fin with 10 soft rays; fin with II spines and 8 soft rays. Gill rakers 6-8 + 13-15 on first gill arch lateral-line scales 69-76. Body brown in color (may also be dusky bluish grey to almost black, caudal peduncle with saddle-like yellow spot; large ocellated black spot on spinous dorsal. Standard length is 3.5-3.9 times of body deep.
habitats	Inhabit in steep slop of coral reef area with 4-50m depth. Stay in cave and crevice. Nocturnal species. Produces the skin toxin grammistin when threatened.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia; throughout Micronesia. South Taiwan.
Utility	No for food due to it's poisonous.