Scientific Name	Parapercis sexfasciata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	六帶擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	六帶擬鱸
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	海狗甘仔、狗、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、花狗母(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan.
Synonyms	Neopercis sexfasciata, Percis sexfasciata
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 Kai, Y., T. Sato, M. Nakae, T. Nakabo, etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0059122. ASIZP0060959. ASIZP0061169. ASIZP0062918. ASIZP0066555. ASIZP0066626. ASIZP0071631. ASIZP0073661. ASIZP0080470. ASIZP0700041. ASIZP0700401. ASIZP0801824. ASIZP0801825. ASIZP0801826. ASIZP0900331. ASIZP0900501. ASIZP0911824. ASIZP0911825. ASIZP0911826. FRIP00744. FRIP00802. NMMBP00892. NMMBP00912. NMMBP00922. NMMBP02623. NMMBP02786. NMMBP03076. NMMBP03089. NMMBP03179. NMMBP03556. NMMBP03576. NMMBP04808. NMMBP04809. NMMBP04810. NMMBP04811. NMMBP04812. NMMBP05239. NTUM00032Paratype. ...List all 77 records...
Barcode	2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-02-01,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Grub fish
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 notched 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 15 to 17 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line scales 60 to 64. Body reddish brown, with 4 v-shaped dark bands on side, a dark blotch above pectoral fin, and a vertical dark band on caudal peduncle; vertical dark band below eye and dark blotch on pectoral fin base.
habitats	Inhabits the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from southern Japan to Taiwan. Also recorded from Indonesia. It is a common species in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	No commercial value.