Scientific Name	Lutjanus lutjanus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bloch, 1790	Depth	10 - 90M
Chinese	正笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃笛鯛
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	赤筆仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Diacope lineolata, Lutianus lineolatus, Lutianus lutianus, Lutianus lutjanus, Lutjanus blochii, Lutjanus lineolatus, Mesoprion caroui, Mesoprion erythrognathus, Mesoprion xanthopterygius, Rhomboplitoides megalops, Serranus nouleny
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	ASIZP0055446. ASIZP0056101. ASIZP0063480. ASIZP0064817. ASIZP0065763. ASIZP0065803. ASIZP0065825. ASIZP0067288. ASIZP0067289. ASIZP0067472. ASIZP0067479. ASIZP0070577. ASIZP0800444. ASIZP0801084. ASIZP0801085. ASIZP0801091. ASIZP0802825. ASIZP0802826. ASIZP0802827. ASIZP0802828. ASIZP0910444. ASIZP0911084. ASIZP0911085. ASIZP0911091. ASIZP0912825. ASIZP0912826. ASIZP0912827. ASIZP0912828. FRIP00659. FRIP01320. FRIP21572. FRIP22404. NMMBP00644. NMMBP02170. NMMBP03064. NMMBP04009. NMMBP04914. ...List all 55 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 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	Red Sea lined snapper; Snapper; Yellow snapper; Bigeye seaperch; Bigeye snapper; Golden striped snapper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body fusiform, slender. Dorsal profile of head gently sloped; preorbital bone very narrow, much less than 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) 17 to 19, total rakers on first gill arch 24 to 26. Dorsal fin with X to XII spines and 12 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and VIII soft rays; posterior profile of dorsal and anal fins angular; pectoral fins with 16 or 17 rays; caudal fin truncate or slightly emarginate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Body upper back golden-brown; sides silvery-white; a broad yellow to brownish stripe from eye to caudal fin base; a series of yellow horizontal lines (one per scale row) on lower half of body, and similar lines running obliquely above lateral line; fins pale yellow to whitish.
habitats	Inhabits offshore coral reefs and trawling grounds. Trawled to depth of almost 100 m. Frequently encountered in large schools with other Lutjanus species. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. It is found in western and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh.