Scientific Name	Parapercis tetracantha   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lacepède, 1801)	Depth	10 - 20M
Chinese	四棘擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑紋擬鱸
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	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 West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	no locality
Synonyms	Labrus tetracanthus, Parapercis cancellata, Percis cancellata
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)  Lacepede, B. G. E. 1801 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057603. ASIZP0059522. ASIZP0066666. ASIZP0067085. ASIZP0067086. ASIZP0067384. ASIZP0067405. ASIZP0072254. ASIZP0700297. ASIZP0801873. ASIZP0802331. ASIZP0802334. ASIZP0802498. ASIZP0802744. ASIZP0802745. ASIZP0805000. ASIZP0911873. ASIZP0912331. ASIZP0912334. ASIZP0912498. ASIZP0912744. ASIZP0912745. ASIZP0915000. BPBMI23434. FRIP21025. NMMBP00899. NMMBP02168. NMMBP03129. NMMBP03343. NMMBP04107. NMMBP04557. NMMBP05044. NMMBP05045. NMMBP05046. NMMBP05427. NMMSTP00743. NMNSF00671. ...List all 44 records...
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	White-blotched grubfish; Blackbarred sandperch; Black-banded 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 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 16 or 17 soft rays; pectoral fins with 17 to 18 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line scales 59 to 65. Body with 3 longitudinal series of large whitish spot, the dark grey-brown interspace a coarse reticulum. A dark grey-brown band from nape to interopercle containing a black ring just above gill opening. A broad dark grey-brown bar below eye. On each side of abdomen with 3 black spots.
habitats	Commonly on deep coastal slopes, from the shallow rocky shore to the deep soft bottom zones.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Bay of Bengal to Japan and Indonesia. It is a common species in Taiwan except northern part.
Utility	No commercial value.