Scientific Name	Lutjanus erythropterus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bloch, 1790	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	赤鰭笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	紅鰭笛鯛
Max Length	80 cm TL	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅雞仔、赤海雞、赤筆仔(臺東)、赤筆、赤海、紅魚、紅鰭赤海(澎湖)、鐵汕婆(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Genyoroge macleayana, Lutianus erythropterus, Lutjanus altifrontalis, Lutjanus annularis, Lutjanus chirtah, Lutjanus erytropterus, Lutjanus longmani, Lutjanus malabaricus, Mesoprion annularis, Mesoprion chirtah, Mesoprion rubellus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  朱元鼎 編 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055430. ASIZP0055447. ASIZP0056107. ASIZP0064867. ASIZP0064868. ASIZP0064869. ASIZP0065158. ASIZP0074705. ASIZP0074815. ASIZP0080273. ASIZP0800272. ASIZP0800273. ASIZP0800274. ASIZP0800846. ASIZP0807407. ASIZP0910272. ASIZP0910273. ASIZP0910274. ASIZP0910846. ASIZP0917407. FRIP00653. FRIP00654. FRIP22184. NMMBP00634. NMMBP04000. NMMBP06235. NMMBP06236. NMMBP06237. NMMBP06431. NMMBP08585. NMMSTP00068. NMNSF01595. NTMP0204. NTUM00963. NTUM00965. NTUM01218. NTUM01756. ...List all 43 records...
Barcode	2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2011-07-30,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2011-07-30,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-03-03,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Small-mouthed nannygai; Saddle-tailed sea-perch; Pink snapper; Red bream; Red jew; Redfish; Red snapper; Scarlet snapper; Black; Crimson snapper; High brow sea perch
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Dorsal profile of head sloped; mouth relatively small, length of upper jaw smaller than distance between base of last dorsal and anal rays; preorbital bone usually narrower than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob poorly developed; vomerine tooth patch crescentic or triangular, without a medial posterior extension; tongue smooth, without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 13 or 14, total rakers on first gill arch 18 or 19. Dorsal fin with 10 spines and 12 to 14 soft rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 8 or 9 soft rays; posterior profile of dorsal and anal fins rounded; pectoral fins with 16 or 17 rays; caudal fin emarginate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Body overall pink or red, including fins; juveniles with an oblique band extending from mouth to of dorsal fin and a black spot at the caudal peduncle.
habitats	Inhabit trawling grounds and reefs. They are present over shoals, rubble, corals, large epibenthos, hard or sandy mud substrates and offshore reefs. Juveniles from about 2.5 cm length inhabit shallow waters over muddy substrates. Feed on a broad range of
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from Gulf of Oman to Southeast Asia, northward to southern Japan and southward to northern Australia. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	An excellent foodfish, marketed fresh or dried-salted.