Scientific Name	Variola albimarginata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Baissac, 1953	Depth	4 - 200M
Chinese	白緣星鱠	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	白邊側牙鱸
Max Length	65 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	闊嘴格仔、鱠、過魚、石斑、紅朱鱠(臺東)、粉條(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、PonFu、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius
Synonyms	Labrus punctulatus, Serranus punctulatus, Variola albimarginatus, Variola albomarginata, Variola louti
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Baissac, J. de B. 1953 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056031. ASIZP0056141. ASIZP0056155. ASIZP0061285. ASIZP0064872. ASIZP0065199. ASIZP0065200. ASIZP0070125. ASIZP0075266. ASIZP0800283. ASIZP0801060. ASIZP0801061. ASIZP0804168. ASIZP0910283. ASIZP0911060. ASIZP0911061. ASIZP0914168. BPBMI23219. NMMBP02126. NMMBP03294. NMMBP06409. NMMSTP01004.
Barcode	2008-04-29,鄭惇遠,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Painted coral trout; Whitemargin lyretail grouper; White-edged lyretail; Moontail seabass; Lunar-tailed grouper; Lyretail trout; Lyretail grouper; Lyre-tail trout
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with IX spines and 14 soft rays anal fin with III spines of 8 soft rays. pelvic fin abdomen; pectoral fin rays 17-19 caudal fin lunate the upper and lower lobes produced about twice leugth of middle rays body covered small ctenoid scales, lateral line scales 66-75, lateral scale series 109-127. Body dark red, white spot on lateral side. Can be distinguished from V. louti by the thin white margin on its tail.
habitats	A generally uncommon species that inhabits seaward reefs. Juveniles inshore on algae and soft coral reefs, usually swimming well above the substrate, looking much like a basslet. Found in small groups. Feeds on fishes and crustacean.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: east coast of Africa (Zanzibar and Mafia Island, Tanzania) to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland, Australia.
Utility	Commercial food and aquarium species, uncommon species.