Scientific Name	Parapriacanthus ransonneti   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Steindachner, 1870	Depth	1 - 36M
Chinese	雷氏充金眼鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬金眼鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F383　Pempheridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	紅海副單鰭魚
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Parapempheris argenteus, Parapriacanthus beryciformis, Parapriacanthus guentheri, Parapriacanthus gunetheri, Parapriacanthus ransonnari, Parapriacanthus unwini, Pempherichthys guentheri, Pempheris unwini
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)；Fishbase(2003)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0058684. ASIZP0058907. ASIZP0073046. FRIP00806. FRIP00807. FRIP01315. FRIP20119. NMMSTP00489.
Common Name	Pigmy sweeper; Slender sweeper; Golden sweeper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, its depth 36% SL or less. Eye large, without adipose lid. Snout short. Opercular spines short and blunt. Dorsal fin very short, usually higher than long, much shorter than anal-fin base and in advance of anal-fin origin, with V narrow spines and 8 to 10 soft rays; anal-fin base long, with III spines and 20 to 21 soft rays; caudal fin shallowly forked; pectoral fins with 16 rays. Lateral line extending about half-way along middle caudal-fin rays, with 63 to 79 scales. A luminous organ present on lower side behind pectoral fin. Body pinkish, flanks silvery, iridescent; both tips of caudal fin blackish.
habitats	Found in large groups under coral overhangs and in caves. Feeds on zooplankton at night.
Distribution	Commonly distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea south to Transkei, South Africa and east to the Marshall Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. It is a common species in Taiwan except easter
Utility	No commercial value.