Scientific Name
Glaucosoma buergeri  
Pronounce  
Glaucosoma buergeri葉鯛
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author Richardson, 1845 Depth 20 - 80M
Chinese 葉鯛 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 葉鯛科 Economic Fish Yes 
Family F384 Glaucosomatidae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 灰葉鯛 
Max Length 45 cm TL  Aquarium Fish No  Common Name 大目仔、大目孔(澎湖)、黑大目 
Distribution in World India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan East、West、South、North、PonFu 
Habitats Coral、Coastal  Holotype Locality Sw. coast of Japan 
Synonyms Glaucosoma burgeri, Glaucosoma fauveli, Glaucosoma fauvelii, Glaucosoma hebraicum, Glaucosoma taeniatus   
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);楊鴻嘉圖鑑 (金)  楊鴻嘉, 楊誠國 1990 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1995 楊鴻嘉, 張寶仁 1996 
Specimen List ASIZP0054907. ASIZP0055306. ASIZP0067391. ASIZP0067394. ASIZP0067395. ASIZP0067402. ASIZP0070769. ASIZP0802395. ASIZP0802396. ASIZP0802397. ASIZP0802398. ASIZP0912395. ASIZP0912396. ASIZP0912397. ASIZP0912398. NTMP0331. NTMP0592. NTUM02385. NTUM05031.  
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Common Name North-west jewfish; North-west pearl perch; Deepsea jewfish; Grey bigmouth bream 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic Body robust, moderately compressed. Head almost entirely scaled, dorsal profile with a slight concavity before eye. Eye large. Interorbital space convex; suborbital width less than eye diameter. Snout short. Mouth large, oblique, reaching to about posterior margin of eye; maxilla scaly, with thin supramaxillary bone above; teeth small and canine-like, in several rows in upper jaw and in a single series at side of lower jaw; a narrow V-shaped band of fine teeth on vomer. First gill arch with 6 to 9 gill rakers on upper limb, 13 to 15 on lower limb. Dorsal-fin spines VIII, soft dorsal-fin rays 11; anal fin with III slender spines and 9 soft rays; caudal fin slightly emarginate with pointed tips; pectoral-fin rays 16. Lateral line almost straight, with 49 to 51 tubed scales extending onto caudal-fin base; 12 scale rows between lateral line and origin of dorsal fin. Body silvery grey; about 10 longitudinal thin bands along body, bands become indistinct or completely disappear with age; a vertical broad dark band from nape, curving through eye to lower opercular angle and continued on subopercle; back at base of last dorsal-fin ray usually with a dark blotch; fins greyish. Juveniles with narrow dark bars and eye-stripe well defined.
habitats Coastal waters in moderate depths on the continental shelf, generally close to reefs or rough bottoms. 
Distribution Known only found in Western Australia from Koks Island, Shark Bay northwards to Cape Talbot; Japan from Kochi Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands southwards and along the north China coast to Taiwan and Viet Nam. It is found in southwestern and northern Taiwanese  
Utility Marketed fresh, a small quantity is salted.