Scientific Name	Pampus echinogaster   Pronounce			by: Po-Feng Lee
Author	(Basilewsky, 1855)	Depth	10 - 100M
Chinese	鐮鯧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯧科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F483　Stromateidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鐮鯧
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	暗鯧、黑鰭、白鯧(澎湖)、燕尾鯧
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Gulf of Chihli (Bohai), Beijing [Pekin], China
Synonyms	Stromateus echinogaster
Reference	Chen, C.H. 2004. Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. Fisheries Research Institute, Council of Agriculture. FRI Special Publication No. 4: 175 pp.(in Chinese)  Abe, T. etc. 1965 陳春暉 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0064720. ASIZP0064756. ASIZP0064879. ASIZP0064908. ASIZP0066714. ASIZP0075318. ASIZP0075320. ASIZP0078333. ASIZP0080099. ASIZP0800262. ASIZP0800263. ASIZP0800264. ASIZP0800265. ASIZP0806988. ASIZP0806990. ASIZP0807235. ASIZP0910262. ASIZP0910263. ASIZP0910264. ASIZP0910265. ASIZP0916988. ASIZP0916990. ASIZP0917235.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Butterfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body very deep, and compressed. Snout blunt, forehead arched slightly. Area of wavy ridges almost reaching level of upper origin of pectoral fin. Eye small, central, slightly shorter than snout. Mouth small, subterminal, curved downward posteriorly; barely reaching beyond anterior margin of eye. Operculum absent; gill opening reduced to a vertical slit on the side of the body; gill membrane broadly united to isthmus; gill rakers small and slender. Dorsal and anal fins subequal in size, originating behind pectoral-fin bases, both stiff and lobe-like anteriorly, preceded by a series of 5 to 10 blade-like spines with anterior and posterior points; dorsal-fin rays 45 to 50; anal-fin rays 42 to 48; pelvic fins absent. caudal fin deeply forked, the lower lobe longer than the upper. Gray above grading to silvery white towards the belly, with small black dots all over the body.
habitats	Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific from the central Japan, East China Sea and Taiwan. It is found in Penghu Is., weastern Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh.