Scientific Name	Diploprion bifasciatum   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1828	Depth	1 - 104M
Chinese	雙帶鱸	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	雙帶黃鱸
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	皇帝魚、火燒腰、拆西仔、酸監仔、虱梅魚、涎魚、鱸魚(臺東)、花鱸(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Java
Synonyms	Diploprion bifasciatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 Baldwin, C.C. etc. 1991 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	AMNH90070. ASIZP0054111. ASIZP0054717. ASIZP0059268. ASIZP0060030. ASIZP0060042. ASIZP0064306. ASIZP0067083. ASIZP0079340. ASIZP0700313. ASIZP0802641. ASIZP0802838. ASIZP0805856. ASIZP0912838. ASIZP0915856. BPBMI23124. FRIP00365. FRIP03117. FRIP22119. NMMBP08690. NMMSTP00480. NTUM08253. RUSI35078. RUSI35699. USNM00218889. ZMH13842.
Barcode	2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Two-banded sea-perch; Two-banded perch; Yellow striped grouper; Yellow emperor; Two banded grouper; Barred soapfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VIII spines ＆ 13-16 soft rays; Anal fin with II spines, and 12-13 soft rays. Gill rakers 9-10 in upper limbs, 19-22 in lower limbs lof first gill arch; lateral line scales 80-88; lateral-line series 100-110. Body compressed, its width 3.3-4 in depth. Normally half-front yellowish, but sometimes nearly all black and juveniles take-on colors of the local venomous Meiacanthus blennies that are yellow or grey.
habitats	Mainly in coastal habitats in semi-silty conditions (Ref. 48635); also found near caves and crevices in rocky and coral reefs from a few meters to at least 100 m. A predator that feeds on surprisingly large prey, swallowed whole through its expandable jaw
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and India to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island.
Utility	Commercial species and also valuable in aquarium.