Scientific Name	Paracaesio kusakarii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Abe, 1960	Depth	100 - 310M
Chinese	橫帶擬烏尾鮗	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	條紋若梅鯛
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	雞仔魚、青尾鮗(臺東)、厚殼雞（北部）
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Abe T. 1960 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055497. ASIZP0076187. ASIZP0080529. ASIZP0080530. ASIZP0807100. ASIZP0807457. ASIZP0807458. ASIZP0917100. ASIZP0917457. ASIZP0917458. FRIP21884. NMMBP04996. NMMBP04998. NTUM06410. NTUM06411.
Barcode	2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100% 2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Saddle-back snapper; Saddleback snapper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Eye large; snout short, shorter than eye diameter; interorbital space convex; large specimens developing a hump on forehead; lower jaw protruding slightly; both jaws with an outer series of well-developed canine-teeth, larger anteriorly, and an inner series of small villiform teeth in bands; maxilla scaled; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 17. Dorsal fin with X spines and 10 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; dorsal and anal fins scaleless; pectoral fins long, reaching level of anus, with 16 rays; caudal fin emarginate. Scales moderatesized, about 48 to 50 in lateral line. Scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Back and upper sides brown; remainder of head and body silvery white with 4 broad vertical bars on upper side. Fins grayish, whitish or slightly yellowish.
habitats	Occurs over rocky bottoms at depths between about 100 and 200 m.
Distribution	Western Pacific Ocean from Samoa to Taiwan and Singapore and from the Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands southward to New Caledonia and northeastern Australia. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh.