Scientific Name	Upeneus sulphureus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1829	Depth	10 - 90M
Chinese	黃帶緋鯉	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鬚鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F382　Mullidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃帶緋鯉
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	秋姑、鬚哥、紅魚仔(澎湖)、汕秋哥仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Philippines
Synonyms	Upeneus sulphurus, Upeneus suophureus
Reference	The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1829
Specimen List	ASIZP0057666. ASIZP0066157. ASIZP0066430. ASIZP0066431. ASIZP0066709. ASIZP0067471. ASIZP0067473. ASIZP0073603. ASIZP0801955. ASIZP0801956. ASIZP0801957. ASIZP0802905. ASIZP0802906. ASIZP0806152. ASIZP0911955. ASIZP0911956. ASIZP0911957. ASIZP0912905. ASIZP0912906. ASIZP0916152. ASIZP0916939. FRIP01177.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Sulphur goatfish; Sulphur goat fish; Yellow goatfish; Sunrise goatfish; Yellow goat fish; Goat fish; Goatfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body slightly elongate. Chin with 2 slender barbels which usually reach or extend posterior to rear margin of preopercle. Mouth small; villiform teeth in a narrow band in jaws, on palatines, and in 2 small patches on vomer. First gill arch with 7 to 9 gill rakers on upper limb, 18 to 22 on lower limb (total 26 to 30). Two well-separated dorsal fins, the first with VIII spines, but first spine minute, and the second with 9 soft rays; second and third dorsal-fin spines longest, 1.45 to 1.65 times in head length; anal fin with 7 soft rays; pectoral-fin rays 14 to 17. Lateral-line scales 33 to 36; no scales on side of snout; small scales basally on second dorsal and anal fins. Body silvery greenish or pink dorsally, shading to silvery on sides and ventrally, with 2 narrow brassy yellow stripes on side of body; caudal fin without dark cross bands; first dorsal fin broadly tipped with black; rest of fin with 2 broad dusky yellow stripes, the narrow interspaces white; remaining fins dusky yellowish; barbels white; peritoneum brown to dark brown.
habitats	Found in coastal waters, entering estuaries. Forms schools. Has appearance of sillaginids when schooling.
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific from east Africa to southeast Asia, northward to the coast of China and southward to the northern coast of Australia. Also reported from New Caledonia and Fiji. It is mainly found in western and northern Taiwanese w
Utility	Marketed fresh or made into fish balls.