Scientific Name	Zeus faber   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Linnaeus, 1758	Depth	40 - 200M
Chinese	日本的鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	的鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F288　Zeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	遠東海魴
Max Length	90 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	豆的鯛、馬頭鯛、海魴、鏡鯧、多利魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Seas of Europe
Synonyms	Zeus australis, Zeus faber mauritanicus, Zeus japonicus, Zeus pungio, Zeuss japonicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2004)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054560. ASIZP0059987. ASIZP0060915. ASIZP0060949. ASIZP0061012. ASIZP0061086. ASIZP0061140. ASIZP0061158. ASIZP0061207. ASIZP0061217. ASIZP0061496. ASIZP0064147. ASIZP0064310. ASIZP0065973. ASIZP0065978. ASIZP0065984. ASIZP0070452. ASIZP0070658. ASIZP0074977. ASIZP0700122. ASIZP0800638. ASIZP0800639. ASIZP0800640. ASIZP0901337. ASIZP0910638. ASIZP0910639. ASIZP0910640. FRIP01219. FRIP01224. FRIP01225. FRIP03073. FRIP22330. NMMBP01169. NMMBP06406. NMMBP06407. NMMBP06408. NMMSTP00319. ...List all 46 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	St. Peter's fish; Doree; Atlantic John dory; Dory; John dory; Gallocristo; Girti
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body ovoidand strongly compressed. Upper end of pectoral-fin base well below lower margin of eye. Mouth large, vertical, highly protrusible. Teeth on jaws small; no teeth on palatine. Gill rakers rudimentary low knobs. A single dorsal fin, with X spines and 22 or 23 soft rays; anal-fin spine IV, movable, and with 21 to 23 soft rays; caudal fin round; pectoral fins much shorter than head, with 13 rays; pelvic fin extending beyond vent, with I spine and 6 or 7 soft rays. Scales on body larger and densely distributed posteriorly; cheek scaly. With plate-like scutes on dorsal and ventral ridge of body. Body uniformly silvery, a large, white-rimmed, black ocellus on middle of side.
habitats	Found in areas close to the sea bed. Generally solitary. Feeds mainly on schooling bony fishes, occasionally on cephalopods and crustaceans. Reproduction takes place at the end of winter and at the start of spring in the northeastern Atlantic, earlier in
Distribution	Worldwide in distribution. Eastern Atlantic: Norway to South Africa, also the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Western Pacific: Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Also known from the Indian Ocean. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	An excellent food fish. Marketed fresh and frozen. Can be steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked.