Scientific Name	Moolgarda perusii			by: ©National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
Author	(Valenciennes, 1836)	Depth	0 - 40M
Chinese	佩氏莫鯔	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯔科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F245　Mugilidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	佩氏莫鯔
Max Length	16 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	帕氏凡鯔、豆仔魚、烏仔、烏仔魚、烏魚、豆子(澎湖)、誌仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific, 11°37'S, 166°58'E
Synonyms	Mugil perusii, Valamugil perusii
Reference	The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0073956. ASIZP0074048. ASIZP0074444. ASIZP0076082. ASIZP0079038. NMMBP00808. NMMBP02042. NMMBP02281.
Barcode	2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Longfinned mullet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately robust. Head deeper than wide and dorsally flattened. Snout short and blunt; shorter than eye diameter. Lips thin, lower directed forwards. Teeth on both lips minute and villiform or absent. Vomer usually edentate. Adipose eyefold reasonably developed, covering most of iris posteriorly and partly anteriorly. Gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch 40 to 51. Two dorsal fins; anal fin with III spines and 9 soft rays; caudal fin emarginate. Scales with a membranous, digitated hind margin; thoracic and abdominal scales more distinctly ctenoid; 31 to 34 in longitudinal series; 10.5 to 11.5 in transverse series; 11 to 14 scales in longitudinal series anterior to tip of pectoral fins and 19 to 22 anterior to origin of second dorsal fin; 16 scales in transverse series entirely around caudal peduncle; predorsal scales to level of posterior nostril. Body greenish dorsally; flanks and abdomen silvery; gold opercular spot; fins dusky, particularly at margins; pectoral fins with dark spot dorsally at origin.
habitats	Inhabits coastal waters and estuaries. Shoaling over mudflats.
Distribution	Western Central Pacific including Japan and Taiwan. It is found in Penghu Is., western Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh.