Scientific Name	Cheilodactylus zebra			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Döderlein, 1883	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	斑馬唇指	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	唇指科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F405　Cheilodactylidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑馬唇指
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	咬破布、三康、金花、萬年瘦
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tokyo, Japan
Synonyms	Chilodactylus zebra, Goniistius zebra
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Steindachner, F. etc. 1883 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Hiroshi, Senou etc. 2002
Specimen List
Common Name	Redlip morwong
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong and moderately compressed. A single flat spine on opercle; margin of preopercle smooth. Mouth small, terminal to slightly inferior, the adults with thick lips. Teeth small, villiform, in bands anteriorly in jaws, none on vomer or palatines. A continuous dorsal fin with XVII spines and 33 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; caudal fin forked; lower 5-6 pectoral-fin rays unbranched. Scales cycloid and small, 65 in lateral line. Body pale greyish-brown with 8 dark brown oblique bands on head and body, the first through eye reached pectoral-fin base. Upper lobe of caudal white, lower lobe black.
habitats	Found on rocky reefs of shallow waters.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific from Japan to Taiwan. It is mainly found in northeastern and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Food fish; marketed fresh.