Scientific Name	Kuhlia mugil   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forster, 1801)	Depth	0 - 40M
Chinese	鯔形湯鯉	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	湯鯉科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F400　Kuhliidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鯔形湯鯉
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	國旗仔、美人魚、花尾、烏尾冬仔、銀湯鯉、烏尾冬(臺東)、客鳥(澎湖)、白冬(澎湖)、花尾鰮(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Tahiti
Synonyms	Dules argenteus, Dules bennetti, Dules taeniurus, Dules taeniurus malpeloensis, Kuhila mugil, Kuhlia arge, Kuhlia sterneckii, Kuhlia taehimura, Kuhlia taeniura, Perca argentea, Sciaena mugil
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056771. ASIZP0058566. ASIZP0058767. ASIZP0058815. ASIZP0063451. ASIZP0070412. ASIZP0070948. ASIZP0072783. ASIZP0073182. ASIZP0074315. ASIZP0802429. ASIZP0804356. ASIZP0805455. ASIZP0805607. ASIZP0912429. ASIZP0914356. ASIZP0915455. ASIZP0915607. BPBMI23199. BPBMI23248. FRIP00581. FRIP21372. FRIP22223. FRIP22271. FRIP22331. NMMBP00526. NMMBP00536. NMMBP00581. NMMBP00599. NMMBP00600. NMMBP03973. NMMBP05407. NMMSTP00924. NTMP0281. NTMP0346. NTOUP201006-363. NTUM01159. ...List all 45 records...
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Barred flagtail; Flagtail; Fiveband flagtail
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong, compressed. Head length less than body depth; preorbital and preopercle margins serrate; 2 flat spines on opercle. Eye moderately large. Mouth small, maxilla extending to or slightly beyond a vertical at front edge of pupil; bands of fine teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines. A single dorsal fin, deeply notched between spinous and soft-rayed portions, with X spines and 9 to 11 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 10 to 11 soft rays; caudal fin moderately forked. Scales ctenoid, moderately large; lateral line complete, with 48 to 55 scales; a well-developed scaly sheath at base of dorsal and anal fins. Silvery, the front of snout and chin blackish; caudal fin white with a median dark stripe and two broad oblique black bands across each lobe, the lobe tips white; a dusky band in outer part of soft portion of dorsal fin except for white tip of high anterior part.
habitats	Tightly packed schools occur along the reef margin of rocky shorelines, from just below the breaking surf to a depth of a few meters. Young commonly in tide pools. Sometimes found in estuaries but reported to never enter freshwater environments. Feeds on
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the eastern Pacific, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island. Absent from Easter Island, Pitcairn, Marquesas, Hawaiian Islands and Johnst
Utility	Utilized fresh or dried salted.