Scientific Name	Lutjanus kasmira   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	3 - 265M
Chinese	四線笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	四帶笛鳚
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	四線赤筆、條魚、四線、赤筆仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Arabia
Synonyms	Diacope octolineata, Lutianus kasmira, Mesoprion etaape, Mesoprion pomacanthus, Perca lineata, Sciaena kasmira
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Forsskål, P. 1775 Suzuki, K. etc. 1979 Randall, J. E. etc. 1980 朱元鼎 編 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054520. ASIZP0056156. ASIZP0058852. ASIZP0059148. FRIP00656. FRIP00657. FRIP20041. NMMBP00664. NMMBP01162. NMMBP04308. NMMSTP00515. NTOU-AE6060. NTUM00948. NTUM02300. NTUM07095. NTUM07626. NTUM07627. NTUM07628. NTUM08673. RUSI35723. USNM00300026.
Common Name	Yellow and blue seaperch; Blue-striped seaperch; Common bluestripe snapper; Common blue-strips snapper; Bluestriped snapper; Bluestripe snapper; Bluestripe seaperch; Blue-lined snapper fish; Bluelined snapper; Blue-lined sea perch; Bluebanded snapper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Dorsal profile of head steeply sloped; preorbital width usually greater than eye diameter, but sometimes less in small specimens; preopercular notch and knob well developed; vomerine tooth patch crescentic, without a medial posterior extension; tongue smoth, without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 13 or 14, total rakers on first gill arch 20 to 22. Dorsal fin with X spines and 14 or 15 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 7 or 8 soft rays; posterior profile of dorsal and anal fins somewhat angular; pectoral fins with 15 or 16 rays; caudal fin slightly emarginate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Body back and sides bright yellow; lower sides and underside of head white; 4 bright blue stripes on side; on lowermost part of sides; fins yellow.
habitats	Inhabits coral reefs, occurring in both shallow lagoons and on outer reef slopes. Frequently found in large aggregations around coral formation, caves or wrecks during the day. Juveniles inhabit seagrass beds around patch reefs. Feeds on fishes, shrimps,
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Line islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Southeast Atlantic: East London, South Africa. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh.