Scientific Name	Parapercis maculata   Pronounce			by: Luft Wu, Fishery Research Institute
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	1 - 25M
Chinese	中斑擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	中斑擬鱸
Max Length	20 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	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tranquebar, India
Synonyms	Parapercis pulchella, Percis maculata, Percis pulchella
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)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0072210. ASIZP0072211. ASIZP0804872. ASIZP0804873. ASIZP0914872. ASIZP0914873. BPBMI23112. FRIP00467. NMMBP02413. NMMBP02508. NMNSF00670. NTMP0370. NTMP0750.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,% 2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,%
Common Name	Harlequin 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 21 or 22 soft rays, shallowly notched between spinous and soft-rays portions, the soft portion clearly higher than the spinous; anal fin with I spine and 18 or 19 soft rays; pectoral fins with 17 rays; caudal fin rounded. Light brownish red to grey-brown dorsally, shading to whitish ventrally, with 6 large subquadrangular dark reddish brown spots on ventral half of body, narrowly linked to less distinct, saddle-like, dark spots dorsally on body. Lower third to fourth of caudal fin dark brownish red. Last membrane of spinous portion of dorsal fin connected to first dorsal-fin ray nearly at its base; ventral fins white.
habitats	Coastal species found in shallow estuaries and protected coastal bays to depths of about 25 m.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Persian Gulf to southern Japan. It is found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.