Scientific Name	Kyphosus cinerascens   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	1 - 24M
Chinese	天竺舵魚	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F391　Kyphosidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長鰭
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	白毛、開旗、黑番(澎湖)、元仔板(澎湖)、開基(澎湖)、黑毛（恆春）
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Cantharus maculatus, Khyphosus cinerascens, Kyphosus indicus, Kyphosus lembus, Pachymetopon squamosum, Pimelepterus altipinnis, Pimelepterus altipinnoides, Pimelepterus cinerascens, Pimelepterus dussumieri, Pimelepterus indicus, Pimelepterus raynaldi, Pimelepterus tahmel, Sciaena cinerascens ...all 14..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054777. ASIZP0055538. ASIZP0055609. ASIZP0058823. ASIZP0060618. ASIZP0060897. ASIZP0067548. ASIZP0067551. ASIZP0071057. ASIZP0700186. ASIZP0700187. ASIZP0802636. ASIZP0802704. ASIZP0802705. ASIZP0804220. ASIZP0912704. ASIZP0912705. ASIZP0914220. FRIP00584. FRIP01296. FRIP21798. FRIP22181. FRIP22211. FRIP22244. NMMBP00937. NMMBP02308. NMMBP03007. NMMBP03053. NMMBP05258. NMMBP05363. NMMBP06570. NMMSTP00001. NMNSF01263. NTUM02386. NTUM03748. NTUM06630. NTUM08668. ...List all 38 records...
Barcode	2008-08-05,鄭惇遠,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Snubnose chub; Rudderfish; Topsail drummer; Blue seachub; Blue sea chub; Ashen drummer; Highfin rudderfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong, moderately deep; caudal peduncle slightly deep. Snout short,. Mouth terminal, number of lanceolate incisor-like teeth. Dorsal fin with XI spines, and 12 soft rays; base of spinous portion of dorsal fin longer than base of soft portion; soft portion of dorsal finwell elevated, anterior soft rays clearly longer than longest dorsal-fin spine; anal fin with III spines, with 11 soft rays, anterior soft portion well elevated, similar to soft portion of dorsal fin; caudal fin shallowly forked with pointed lobes. Lateral line scales 50-52. Body bluish dorsally, dusky greyish ventrally, with several bluish brown longitudinal lines on flank, large specimens uniformly dusky or dark blue dorsally; head with 2 oblique brown or bluish brown bands; one through eye, the other one below eye; dorsal and anal fins dark blue, margin of soft portion with darker band; pectoral fins silver blue near base, distal half slightly darker.
habitats	Found in aggregations over hard, algal coated bottoms of exposed, surf-swept outer reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs, to a depth of at least 24 m. Mainly herbivorous, feeding on seaweed and associated invertebrates.
Distribution	Commonly distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Line and Tuamoto Islands; north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Throughout Micronesia. Widely around coral reefs in Taiwan
Utility	Food fish; marketed fresh.