Scientific Name	Pempheris oualensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1831	Depth	1 - 35M
Chinese	烏伊蘭擬金眼鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬金眼鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F383　Pempheridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黑稍單鰭魚
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	三角仔、刀片、水果刀、解餌刀、皮刀、洞豐仔(澎湖)、皮刀仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Oualan
Synonyms	Pempheris oulensis, Pempheris ovalensis, Pemphperis oualensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)；Fishbase(2003)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1831 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Mok, H. K. etc. 1997
Specimen List	ASIZP0055080. ASIZP0058881. ASIZP0058893. ASIZP0058981. ASIZP0058989. ASIZP0059262. ASIZP0060054. ASIZP0061398. ASIZP0080790. ASIZP0700182. ASIZP0900029. ASIZP0916815. BPBMI23060. FRIP20071. NMMBP01141. NMMBP02539. NMMBP02997. NMMBP04442. NMMBP05819. NMMBP05821. NMMBP06613. NMMBP06613B. NMMSTP00426. NTMP0945. NTOUP200611-824. NTUM04897. NTUM08162. NTUM08661. SU49415. USNM00343805.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Oualan sweeper; Silver sweeper; Sweeper; Cave sweeper; Bronze sweeper; Copper sweeper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body rhomboid, its depth 39% SL or more. 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 VI narrow spines and 8 to 10 soft rays; anal-fin base long, with III spines and 38 to 43 soft rays; caudal fin shallowly forked; pectoral fins with 18-19 rays. Scales on flank cycloid and deciduous; lateral line reaching posterior end of caudal-fin rays, with 60 to 73 scales, and scales smaller than (and partly or mostly concealed by) surrounding scales, sensory tubes longer than wide or wider than long; 5-6 scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin. Prepelvic area narrow and keeled. Dark brown on back, shading to coppery on sides; dorsal fin with a dark leading edge that expands distally to produce dark tips on the first 2 or 3 soft rays; anal fin completely dusky, or mostly dusky except for a pale distal margin; pectoral fins usually with distinctly dark base; caudal fin dark posteriorly.
habitats	Occurs in clear, shallow lagoon and seaward reefs, quite common along the reef margin. Feeds on benthic and planktonic crustaceans, other small invertebrates, and fishes at night. By day, it forms aggregations in caves.
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea to the Line, Marquesan, and Ducie islands; north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe and Rapa Islands. Throughout Micronesia. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.