Scientific Name	Pinjalo pinjalo   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1850)	Depth	0 - 60M
Chinese	斜鱗笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斜鱗笛鯛
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	赤筆仔、青雞仔(臺東)、紅雞（大陸）
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Batavia, Java
Synonyms	Caesio pinjalo, Mesoprion mitchelli, Odontonectes erythrogaster, Odontonectes pinjalo, Pinjalo microphthalmus, Pinjalo sp., Pinjalo typus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Iwatsuki, Y., D. Kambayashi, S. Mikuni, etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0054634. ASIZP0055634. ASIZP0056097. ASIZP0056180. NMMSTP00050.
Common Name	Pinjalo; Pinjalo snapper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Dorsal profile of head high; interorbital space strongly convex; eye relatively large, with an adipose eyelid; preorbital bone narrow, less than eye diameter; snout relatively short and pointed; mouth small, the maxilla reaching below front of eye; a single row of small, conical teeth in jaws, enlarged anteriorly, and an inner band of villiform teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 15 to 17. Dorsal fin with XI spines and 14 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 10 soft rays; both fins with a scaly sheath at base; pectoral fins long, reaching level of anus, with 18 rays; caudal fin emarginate. Scales moderate-sized, about 47 to 52 in lateral line; predorsal scales on top of head beginning above middle of eye; scale rows above and below lateral line rising obliquely toward dorsal profile. Adults greenish-grey to reddish with yellowish fins.
habitats	Inhabits reefs and rocky bottoms. A schooling species that appears to open ocean reefs where occurring in shallow depths of a few meters. In most areas they occur deep and are usually trawled to 100 m depth. Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates,
Distribution	Distributed in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea) and northward from southern Indonesia to Taiwan. It is mainly found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh or dried-salted.