Scientific Name	Lethrinus harak   Pronounce			by: Wei-Chuan Chiang, Fishery Research Institute
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	5 - 20M
Chinese	單斑龍占魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	龍占魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F377　Lethrinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑點裸頰鯛
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	龍尖、龍占、龍占舅(澎湖)、紅龍(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Lethrinus azureus, Lethrinus bleekeri, Lethrinus bonhamensis, Lethrinus johnii, Lethrinus papuensis, Lethrinus rhodopterus, Sciaena harak
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055797. ASIZP0055798. ASIZP0060713. ASIZP0063606. ASIZP0074856. FRIP21880. NMMBP02141. NMMSTP00398. NMNSF00820. NTUM00927. NTUM02067. NTUM02069. NTUM07260.
Common Name	Portrait; Thumb print emperor; Thumbprint emperor; Thumb-print emperor; Blackspot emperor; Black-blotch emperor; Emperor
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays X, 9; anal-fin rays III, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13. Body depth 2.64 to 2.85 times in standard length. Mouth slightly protractile; lips thick and fleshy. Inner base of pectorals densely covered with scales. Color is olive-green dorsally, paler ventrally; scales on back sometimes with white center. A large elliptical blotch, often broadly edged in yellow, on side directly below lateral line and centered at a vertical near the posterior tip of the pectoral fin. Sometimes light blue dots border the lower rime of the eye and around the nostrils. The pectoral, pelvic, dorsal and anal fins are white to pinkish. The caudal fin is orange or reddish. The vertical fins are sometimes lightly mottled or stripped.
habitats	Found solitary or in small schools over shallow sandy, coral rubble, mangroves, lagoons, channel and seagrass areas inshore and adjacent to coral reefs. Feeds on polychaetes, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and small fish. Reported to spawn throughout
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Andamans, Indonesia, Philippines, southern Japan, northeast Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa. Taiwan: South, Hsiaoliuchi
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species