Scientific Name	Parapercis millepunctata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Günther, 1860)	Depth	3 - 50M
Chinese	雪點擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	雪點擬鱸
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	海狗甘仔、狗、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、狗母梭(臺東)、花狗母(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Sri Lanka
Synonyms	Parapercis cephalopunctata, Parapercis millipunctata, Parapercis montillai, Percis cephalopunctatus, Percis millepunctata
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	ASIZP0055047. ASIZP0055105. ASIZP0056478. ASIZP0056856. ASIZP0057631. ASIZP0059257. ASIZP0066333. ASIZP0067379. ASIZP0067392. ASIZP0067526. ASIZP0801341. ASIZP0802535. ASIZP0802746. ASIZP0802747. ASIZP0802748. ASIZP0911341. ASIZP0912535. ASIZP0912746. ASIZP0912747. ASIZP0912748. BPBMI23141. BPBMI23180. BPBMI23252. FRIP20075. NMMBP00488. NMMBP00490. NMMBP01688. NMMBP01690. NMMBP02502. NMMBP02723. NMMBP03088. NMMBP03090. NMMSTP00244. NTOUP200611-785. NTOUP200611-875. NTUM03606. NTUM03607. ...List all 43 records...
Common Name	Spotted sandperch; Black dotted sand perch; Black-dotted sandperch; Manyspotted 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 IV spines and 20 or 21 soft rays, deeply notched between spinous and soft-rays portions, the soft portion clearly higher than the spinous; anal fin with I spine and 17 or 18 soft rays; pectoral fins with 16 or 17 rays; caudal fin slightly rounded. Lateral line scales 59 to 60. The busy blotched pattern over the back, close-set series of brown to orange blotches behind the eyes on top of the head, and white blotch on the tail. No row of small blackish spots in outer third of anal fin. Males with an ocellated black spot above opercle next to upper end of gill opening; female with a smaller dark brown spot at this location.
habitats	Inhabits seaward reefs, usually on patches of rubble or pavement between corals. Also found in habitats with rubble and rock.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius and Maldives to the Pitcairn Group, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef. Throughout Oceania except Hawaii and Eastern Island. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.