Scientific Name	Oedalechilus labiosus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1836)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	角瘤唇鯔	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯔科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F245　Mugilidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	角瘤唇鯔
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	瘤唇鯔、豆仔魚、烏仔、烏仔魚、烏魚、厚唇仔(澎湖)、土烏(澎湖)、腩肚烏(澎湖)、虱目烏(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Red Sea; Bombay [Mumbai], India
Synonyms	Crenimugil labiosus, Mugil labiosus, Plicomugil labiosus, Plicomungil labiosus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；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
Specimen List	ASIZP0057032. ASIZP0062987. ASIZP0071102. ASIZP0074028. ASIZP0804232. ASIZP0916902. ASIZP0916906. FRIP03080. NTUM08150. USNM00321303.
Common Name	Hornlip mullet; Foldlip mullet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Head relatively flattened dorsally. upper lip thickened, split into longitudinal lobes; lips deeply folded into preorbital notch at corner of mouth. Lips and vomer edentate. Adipose eyefold absent. Gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch 30 to 41, shorter than gill filaments. Origin of first dorsal fin slightly nearer base of caudal fin than tip of snout; anal fin with III spines and 9 soft rays; caudal fin emarginate. Scales cycloid or weakly ctenoid; 32 to 37 scales in longitudinal series; 11 or 12 in transverse series; 23 to 25 scales in longitudinal series anterior to origin of second dorsal fin; 16 scales in transverse series entirely around caudal peduncle. Body olive dorsally, silvery ventrally.
habitats	Occurs in coastal waters, mainly in reef flats and shallow lagoon reefs. Forms schools at the surface.
Distribution	Widespread throughout tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and Madagascar to Samoa; north to southern Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	Marketed fresh; also used as live bait in poleand-line tuna fishing.