Scientific Name	Iniistius melanopus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1857)	Depth	7 - 64M
Chinese	黑斑項鰭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	隆頭魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F412　Labridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑斑頸鰭魚
Max Length	26 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	紅姑娘仔、紅新娘、豎停仔、胭脂冷、角龍、平倍良、黑斑楔鯛、黑斑離鰭鯛、黑斑虹彩鯛
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、PonFu、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ambon I., Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Hemipteronotus melanopus, Novacula melanopus, Xyrichtys melanopus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1.. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text)  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056409. ASIZP0058297. NMMBP00983. NMMBP02219. NMMBP02220. NMMBP02290. NTOU-AE6067. NTUM06406. NTUM07146. NTUM07150. NTUM07601. USNM00200255.
Common Name	Yellowpatch razorfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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