Scientific Name	Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1832)	Depth	70 - 350M
Chinese	藍紋姬鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	藍紋紫魚
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花笛鯛、筆香(臺東)、紅魚(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius
Synonyms	Dentex pristipoma, Platyinius amoenus, Platynius amoenus, Pristipomoides amoenus, Serranus argyrogrammicus, Tropidinius amoenus, Tropidinius argyrogrammicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1831 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054609. ASIZP0055483. ASIZP0055506. ASIZP0065988. ASIZP0080271. ASIZP0080272. ASIZP0800726. ASIZP0807405. ASIZP0807406. ASIZP0910726. ASIZP0917405. ASIZP0917406. FRIP00008. FRIP20373. FRIP20383. FRIP20442. FRIP21420. NMMBP00137. NMMBP01337. NMMSTP00361. NTMP0214. NTMP1207. NTUM00972. NTUM06413. NTUM07531. NTUM07532.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2016-03-03,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-03-03,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Ornate jobfish; Big-eyed snapper; Blueline gindai
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Interorbital space slightly convex; jaws about equal, both with bands of fine teeth, the outer ones slightly enlarged, but not as prominent canines; vomerine tooth patch V-shaped; tongue without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 8 to 14. Dorsal fin with X spines and 11 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; bases of dorsal and anal fins scaleless, their last soft rays extended into short filaments; pectoral fins long, reaching level of anus, with 15 or 16 rays; caudal fin forked. Scales relatively small, about 58 to 66 in lateral line; scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. The upper part of the head reddish; the back mainly yellow; the sides and belly silvery, sometimes pinkish; body with very many bright blue spots and vermiculations. The dorsal and caudal fins yellowish.
habitats	Occurs over rocky bottoms. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and squids.
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	A good eating fish sometimes seen in markets. Marketed fresh.