Scientific Name	Rhabdosargus sarba   Pronounce			by: Chen, Chia-Jung
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	1 - 60M
Chinese	平鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F378　Sparidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	平鯛
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	黃錫鯛、枋頭、邦頭(澎湖)、枋頭(澎湖)、白嘉鱲(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、South West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Austrosparus sarba, Chrysophrys aries, Chrysophrys chrysargyra, Chrysophrys haffara, Chrysophrys natalensis, Chrysophrys sarba, Diplodus auriventris, Diplodus nigrofasciatus, Diplodus sarba, Rhabdosargus auriventris, Rhadosarga sarda, Sargus auriventris, Sparus aries ...all 19..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳康青 1996
Specimen List	ASIZP0055435. ASIZP0058737. ASIZP0060820. ASIZP0062229. ASIZP0062855. ASIZP0064668. ASIZP0071068. ASIZP0072810. ASIZP0073289. ASIZP0074059. ASIZP0074080. ASIZP0076185. ASIZP0076186. ASIZP0079026. ASIZP0800473. ASIZP0804261. ASIZP0805481. ASIZP0805764. ASIZP0807098. ASIZP0807099. ASIZP0910473. ASIZP0915481. ASIZP0915764. ASIZP0917098. ASIZP0917099. MTP0172. NMMBP00943. NMMBP05068. NMMBP06311. NMMSTP00403. NMNSF00197. NTMP0295. NTMP1173. USNM00192899.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%
Common Name	Silver sea bream; Natal stumpnose; Silver bream; Yellowfin bream; Yellow fin bream; Tarwhine; Goldlined seabream; Gold-line sea bream; Goldloned seabream
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XI spines and with 7-8 soft rays, 4th and 5th longest; anal fin with III spines and 10-11 soft rays. Anal fin small,2nd strong. Caudal fin forked. Body silver grey. side with light blue band. Bright yellow mark above the pelvic base. Caudal fin major light grey, only lower part light yellow.
habitats	Inhabits coastal waters. Abundant in shallow water and often caught at the surf-line or in rock pools. Larger, solitary fish sometimes enter brackish mangrove areas. Juveniles in estuaries move into deeper water with growth. Often in schools. Feeds on ben
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Japan, China, and Australia.
Utility	commercial species; aquaculture species; edible.