Scientific Name	Upeneus vittatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	多帶緋鯉	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鬚鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F382　Mullidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	多帶緋鯉
Max Length	28 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	虎、秋姑、鬚哥
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Jiddah, Red Sea
Synonyms	Mullus vittatus, Upeneus vitatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055569. ASIZP0058829. ASIZP0062391. ASIZP0064852. ASIZP0064890. ASIZP0074771. ASIZP0075234. ASIZP0080688. ASIZP0800437. ASIZP0800443. ASIZP0806708. ASIZP0910437. ASIZP0910443. ASIZP0916708. FRIP01173. FRIP20351. FRIP21553. NMMBP02668. NMMBP03549. NMMBP03592. NMMBP04511. NMMBP06685. NMMSTP00267. NTUM00755. NTUM00756. NTUM00757. NTUM02280. SU7989.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Striped goatfish; Yellowstriped goatfish; Yellowbanded goatfish; Yellow-banded goatfish; Yellow striped goat fish; Bandedtail goatfish; Goatfish; Goat fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate. Chin with 2 slender barbels, usually not reaching rear margin of preopercle. Mouth small; villiform teeth in a narrow band in jaws, on palatines, and in 2 small patches on vomer. First gill arch with 7 to 9 gill rakers on upper limb, 19 to 21 on lower limb (total 21 to 25). Two well-separated dorsal fins, the first with VIII spines, but first spine minute, and the second with 9 soft rays; anal fin with 7 soft rays; pectoral-fin rays 15 to 17. Lateral-line scales 34 to 36; scales present on side of snout; small scales basally on second dorsal and anal fins. Body silvery greenish on back, silvery on sides, with 4 distinct narrow brassy yellow stripes on upper two-thirds of body; ventral part of body often yellow; upper lobe of caudal fin with 4 or 5 dark cross bands; lower lobe of caudal fin with 3 dark cross bands, the distal band nearly twice as broad and more intensely black than middle band; first dorsal fin broadly tipped with black, with 2 broad dusky yellow stripes below; second dorsal fin with 3 dusky yellow stripes; remaining fins whitish; barbels usually white; peritoneum dark brown to blackish.
habitats	Inhabits sandy lagoons and sheltered coastal waters. Also found over muddy bottoms. Often in groups. In the north-east coast of India, the male to female ratio was 1:1.5 in most months. Feeds primarily on small crustaceans.
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and eastern Africa south to East London in South Africa and east to Micronesia, Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Society islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. It is found in western and southern
Utility	Marketed fresh or made into fish balls.