Scientific Name	Lethrinus ornatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Valenciennes, 1830	Depth	2 - 30M
Chinese	黃帶龍占魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	龍占魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F377　Lethrinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	短吻裸頰鯛
Max Length	45 cm TL	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	龍尖、紅龍(澎湖)、豬哥仔(澎湖)、厚唇(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、PonFu、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Java, Indonesia
Synonyms	Lethrinus insulindicus, Lethrinus xanthotaenia, Lethtinus erythrurus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055717. ASIZP0055724. ASIZP0057553. ASIZP0058848. ASIZP0067400. ASIZP0067406. ASIZP0067541. ASIZP0070117. ASIZP0070924. ASIZP0071409. ASIZP0073245. ASIZP0802764. ASIZP0802765. ASIZP0802766. ASIZP0804374. ASIZP0804410. ASIZP0805720. ASIZP0912764. ASIZP0912765. ASIZP0912766. ASIZP0914374. ASIZP0914410. ASIZP0915720. FRIP20116. FRIP21073. NMMBP00921. NMMBP02202. NMMBP06561. NMMBP06562. NMMBP06617. NMMBP06617B. NMMBP08549. NMMBP08564. NMMSTP00512. NTUM07259.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Ornate emperor; Yellow-striped emperor
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays X, 9; anal-fin rays III, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13. Body depth 2.32 to 2.44 times in standard length. Body color is dusky whitish, becoming lighter below, with four or six orange stripes. The posterior edges of the operculum and preoperculum are bright red. The head is brown or tan, sometimes with a red spot on the lower front edge of the eye. The pectoral fin is orangish; the pelvic, anal and most of the dorsal fin is whitish. The edge of the dorsal and caudal fin is reddish.
habitats	Inhabits sandy and soft bottoms and seagrass beds in inshore bays, lagoons and areas adjacent to reefs. Usually in small groups. Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, polychaetes and small fishes. Juveniles commonly visit the tidal reef flats to fe
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Sri Lanka to the Ryukyu Islands, Papua New Guinea, and northeast Australia. Taiwan: South, East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species.