Scientific Name	Parapercis snyderi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & Starks, 1905	Depth	5 - 25M
Chinese	史氏擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	史氏擬鱸
Max Length	10 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	Japan to Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East、PonFu、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Korea
Synonyms
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)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1905 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0062018. ASIZP0062446. BPBMI23070. NMMSTP00491. NTOUP201005-294. NTUM03828. NTUM07652. RUSI35068.
Common Name	U-mark sandperch; 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 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 16 to 18 soft rays; pectoral fins with 14 or 15 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line scales 38 to 44. Body with 3 U-shaped dark bars followed by 2 more posteriorly with the bottom of U missing (hence as double bars). A series of 9 dusky bars on side of body, every other one extending from the bottom of the dorsal markings.
habitats	Found in silty sand and rubble areas near reefs.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from southern Japan to Queensland, Australia. It is found in western and northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.