Scientific Name	Parapercis aurantiaca   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Döderlein, 1884	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	黃擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃擬鱸
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	海狗甘仔、狗、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Parapercis aurantica
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Dr. Franz Steindachner, etc. 1885 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054756. ASIZP0059439. ASIZP0061149. ASIZP0061525. ASIZP0071022. ASIZP0804441. ASIZP0914441. NMMBP03114. NTMP1155. NTUM04466. NTUM05601. NTUM07081.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Sandperch
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate and little compressed. Head pointed; eyes often jutting slightly above dorsal profile of head, oriented as much dorsally as laterally. Mouth moderately large, protractile; recurved canine teeth in an outer row at front of jaws. Dorsal fin with V spines and 23 soft rays, without notch between spinous and soft-rays portions, the soft portion clearly higher than the spinous; anal fin with I spine and 19 soft rays; pectoral fins with 20 to 22 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line scales 55 to 61. With several broad bands on dorsal side of body, yellow-organe margined with red when alive, pale margined in spirits.
habitats	Inhabits the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific, including Japan and Taiwan. It is found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.