Scientific Name	Lobotes surinamensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1790)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	松鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	松鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F372　Lobotidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	松鯛
Max Length	110 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	打鐵婆、枯葉、石鯽、睡魚、庫羅黛、睏魚、海南洋仔、南洋鱸魚、海吳郭、流魚(澎湖)、柴魚(澎湖)、打鐵鱸(澎湖)
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Surinam
Synonyms	Bodianus triourus, Holocentrus surinamensis, Labotes pacificus, Lobotes auctorum, Lobotes citrinus, Lobotes erate, Lobotes farkharii, Lobotes incurvus, Lobotes pacificus, Lobotes somnolentus, Lobotus surinamensis
Reference	墾丁圖鑑(邵等, 1993)； 福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Gudger, E.W. 1931 Smith, C.L. 1977 Gilhen, J. etc. 1985 朱元鼎 編 1985 Ditty, J.G. etc. 1994 Schmid, H. etc. 1997
Specimen List	ASIZP0054795. ASIZP0055818. ASIZP0058515. ASIZP0059777. ASIZP0060632. ASIZP0070818. ASIZP0070824. ASIZP0073609. ASIZP0074314. ASIZP0080689. ASIZP0804839. ASIZP0804840. ASIZP0805806. ASIZP0806158. ASIZP0914839. ASIZP0914840. ASIZP0915806. ASIZP0916158. BPBMI23331. FRIP20533. FRIP21621. NMMBP02580. NMMBP05172. NMMSTP00544. NTUM00782. NTUM03746. NTUM04874. NTUM06626. USNM00336404.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,% 2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,%
Common Name	Sleepfish; Triple-tail; Triple tail; Tripletail; Brown triple tail; Conchy leaf; Atlantic tripletail; Bouyfish; Black grunt; Dusky tripletail; Black perch; Dusky triple-tail; Flasher
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately compressed and deep. Head length shorter than body depth. Opercle with 1 or 2 flat spines. Mouth slightly superior, reaching posteriorly to about middle of eye; upper jaw slightly protrusible; jaws with an outer row of short, close-set canines and an inner band of smaller teeth; no teeth on vomer, palatines, or tongue; preopercle coarsely serrate. First gill arch with 6 or 7 gill rakers on upper limb, 13 to 15 on lower limb. A single dorsal fin with XI to XIII strong spines and 13 to 16 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 11 or 12 soft rays; soft dorsal and anal fins large and broadly rounded, reaching past base of caudal fin; caudal peduncle deep. Scales ctenoid and fairly large, covering body and head except for preorbital region and jaws; lateral-line scales 42 to 45. Juveniles brownish and often mottled darker; adults uniform dark brown or olive to mottled yellowish.
habitats	Adults inhabit bays, muddy estuaries and lower reaches of large rivers. A sluggish offshore fish that often floats on its side near the surface in the company of floating objects. Occasionally drifts over reefs. Juveniles may occur in floating Sargassum a
Distribution	Tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh, frozen, or salted.