Scientific Name	Ablabys taenianotus   Pronounce			by: ©Tsung-Hong Hsieh
Author	(Cuvier, 1829)	Depth	1 - 78M
Chinese	背帶帆鰭鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F304　Scorpaenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	背帶帆鰭鮋
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	背帶長絨鮋、獅子魚、黑虎
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean
Synonyms	Ablabys binotatus, Ablabys taenionotus, Ambliapistus taenionotus, Amblyapistus taenianotus, Amblyapistus taenionotus, Apistus taenianotus, Apistus taenionotus, Paracentropogon longispinis, Tetraroge alboguttata, Tetraroge cristagalli, Tetraroge taenionotus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Chen, C.-H., 2004 Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p.；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2008)；Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen and R. C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea.. Un  Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 陳春暉 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0057295. ASIZP0057380. ASIZP0057593. ASIZP0057744. ASIZP0057745. ASIZP0057746. ASIZP0059173. ASIZP0059290. ASIZP0059780. ASIZP0062021. ASIZP0063617. ASIZP0065038. ASIZP0070822. ASIZP0074628. ASIZP0801231. ASIZP0804802. ASIZP0901231. ASIZP0914802. FRIP01355. NMMBP02554. NMMBP08859. NTMP0851. NTOUP200611-820. NTOUP200801-007. NTOUP201003-203. NTUM03401. NTUM03436. NTUM06420. NTUM06921. RUSI35047. SIO80-225. USNM00228889. USNM00228890. USNM00228891. USNM00228892. USNM00228893. USNM00228894. ...List all 37 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Roque fish; Rouge fish; Cuckatoo waspfish; Cockatoo waspfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays XVII, 7-8; anal rays III, 5-6; pectoral rays 11-12, pelvic rays I, 5; dorsal-, anal- and pectoral-fin soft rays branched. Body compressed, with tiny embedded scales; lateral line prominent with tube-like scales. Dorsal fin originating above front border of eye, the second to fourth or fifth spines elongated, forming a crest. Body almost uniformly brownish with distinct white botches on forehead; dark lines or blotches on the body and fins; margins of all fins usually white.
habitats	Inhabits shallow shallow, subtidal areas with sand rubble and weed; also beaches, estuaries, seagrass areas, coral reefs and rocky shores. A strongly compressed fish that can be seen rocking back and forth on the bottom in response to surge. Easily caught
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea to Fiji, north to Japan, south to Australia. Replaced by Ablabys binotatus in the western Indian Ocean
Utility	Not commerical fishery species. Aquarium species.