Scientific Name	Lutjanus ehrenbergii   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Peters, 1869)	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	埃氏笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	埃氏笛鯛
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	赤筆仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、 Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea
Synonyms	Lutianus ehrenbergi, Lutianus ehrenbergii, Lutianus johni, Lutjanus ehrenbergi, Lutjanus ehrevbergi, Lutjanus oligolepis, Mesoprion ehrenbergii
Reference	Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase( 2002)  Iwatasuki, Y, etc. 1989 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 陳春暉 2004
Specimen List
Common Name	Blackspot snapper; Ehrenberg's snapper; Ehrenbergs' seaperch
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep to somewhat slender. Dorsal profile of head moderately sloped; preorbital bone very narrow, its width about half of eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob poorly developed; vomerine tooth patch triangular, with a medial posterior extension; tongue with a patch of granular teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 14 or 15, total rakers on first gill arch 16 to 21. Dorsal fin with X spines and 13 or 14 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 or 9 soft rays; posterior profile of dorsal and anal fins angular or somewhat rounded; pectoral fins with 15 or 16 rays; caudal fin truncate or slightly emarginate. Scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Body back and upper sides dark brown; lower sides and belly whitish with a silver sheen; often a series of 4 or 5 narrow yellow stripes on sides below lateral line; a prominent round, black spot on back below posterior part of spinous portion of dorsal fin.
habitats	Inhabits very shallow coastal habitats, often in large schools near freshwater run-offs. Juveniles often intertidal. Feeds on small fish and invertebrates. May enter freshwater to feed.
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from the Solomon and Mariana Islands to East Africa. It is very rare and only found in northern Taiwanese waters and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marketed mostly fresh.