Scientific Name	Liopropoma japonicum   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Döderlein, 1883)	Depth	20 - 100M
Chinese	日本長鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本長鱸
Max Length	18.8 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鱠仔、花鱸(臺東)
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tokyo, Japan
Synonyms	Labracopsis japonicus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Randall, J. E. etc. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055165. ASIZP0055551. ASIZP0056150. ASIZP0058440. ASIZP0058813. ASIZP0059461. ASIZP0072828. ASIZP0802413. ASIZP0805499. ASIZP0806180. ASIZP0806181. ASIZP0912413. ASIZP0915499. ASIZP0916180. ASIZP0916181. FRIP00849. FRIP22122. NMMBP01212. NMMBP02380. NMMBP04393. NMMBP04398. NMMBP04399. NMMSTP00304. NTMP1011. NTUM03720. NTUM05677. NTUM06756. NTUM06766. NTUM06803. NTUM07004. RUSI28041.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Basslet
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with VIII spiｮes  12 soft rays; anal fin with III spiｮes  8 soft rays; pectoral rays 15-16; lateral-line scales 61-66; snout and suborbital fully scaled; gill rakers 6-7 + 12-14 of first gill arch; low part of posterior margin of preopercle with a few very fine serrations. Pink with orange-red spots on upper side, those along upper back reddish brown; highly arched upper part of lateral line in an orange-red band; a narrow yellow band from snout to eye, continuing as an ill-defined, yellowish brown band to end of opercle.
habitats	Inhabit the deeper rocky reef, cave, carnivore; feed on invertebrates. Other ecological behavior is unclear.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: known only from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands.
Utility	Not for commercial fisheries.