Scientific Name	Oplegnathus fasciatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)	Depth	10 - 100M
Chinese	條石鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	石鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F401　Oplegnathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	條石鯛
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	海膽鯛、黑嘴、硬殼仔、海膽竹(臺東)、番羊矮仔(澎湖)、石金鼓(香港)
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Scaradon fasciatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0060024. ASIZP0072809. ASIZP0073202. ASIZP0073204. ASIZP0073205. ASIZP0073206. ASIZP0073285. ASIZP0073292. ASIZP0073495. ASIZP0073496. ASIZP0700336. ASIZP0700337. ASIZP0805480. ASIZP0805677. ASIZP0805679. ASIZP0805680. ASIZP0805681. ASIZP0805760. ASIZP0805767. ASIZP0915480. ASIZP0915677. ASIZP0915679. ASIZP0915680. ASIZP0915681. ASIZP0915760. ASIZP0915767. ASIZP0916039. ASIZP0916040. MTP0158.
Barcode	2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100% 2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Rock porgy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, deep and compressed. Head short and snout blunt. Teeth in both jaws coalesced, forming a beak. A single dorsal fin with XI-XII spines and 17-18 rays; anal fin with III spines and 12-13 rays; caudal fin emarginate. Lateral line complete. Body yellowish brown with several black vertical bands, but head and body pale dark with black area on mouth and periphery in old adult males.
habitats	Found on coastal rocky reefs, feed on benthic animals; juveniles associate with drifting seaweed, feed on zooplankton.
Distribution	Distributed in the Pacific Ocean, including Japan, Koera,Taiwan and Hawaii. It is common in coastal rocky reefs around Taiwan.
Utility	Excellent food fishes of minor importance to fisheries.