Scientific Name	Paraplagusia bilineata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1787)	Depth	5 - 120M
Chinese	雙線鬚鰨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	舌鰨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F502　Cynoglossidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長鈎鬚鰨
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	牛舌、龍舌、扁魚、皇帝魚、比目魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Fresh Water、Coastal	Holotype Locality	China
Synonyms	Paraplagusia bilineatus, Paraplagusia formosana, Paraplagusia macrocephalus, Plagusia acumineata, Plagusia bilineata, Plagusia brevirostris, Plagusia dipterigia, Plagusia dypterygia, Plagusia marmorata, Plagusia notata, Plagusia robinsoni, Pleuronectes bilineata, Pleuronectes bilineatus ...all 14..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 李思忠, 王惠民 1995
Specimen List	ASIZP0058076. ASIZP0058077. ASIZP0061974. ASIZP0074281. ASIZP0074692. ASIZP0074693. ASIZP0074694. ASIZP0074695. ASIZP0078971. ASIZP0080064. ASIZP0080065. ASIZP0080371. ASIZP0807290. ASIZP0807398. ASIZP0807399. ASIZP0807593. ASIZP0900447. ASIZP0917290. ASIZP0917398. ASIZP0917399. FRIP00919. NMMBP05506. NMMSTP00013. NTHUB02687. NTMP0581. NTUM01618. NTUM01619. NTUM02506. NTUM04835. NTUM05109. USNM00138078.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,% 2016-01-13,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-02-22,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-02-22,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Patterned tongue-sole; Doublelined tonguesole; Double-lined tongue sole; Fingerlip tonguesole; Fringelip tonguefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 96-119; anal-fin rays 74-90. Upper side tan, marbled with dark wavy lines enclosing pale patches; 2 lateral lines on eyed side, none on blind side. Caudal vertebrae 36-44; mid-lateral line scales 75-109. Body elongate. Eyes with a scaly interorbital space. Snout rounded; rostral hook long and reaching posteriorly well beyond vertical through posterior margin of lower eye; corner of mouth not reaching beyond vertical through posterior margin of lower eye, nearer to gill opening than to tip of snout. Mouth fringed with branched labial papillae. Scales ctenoid on both sides of body. Eyed side brown, sometimes spotted or marbled with darker patches; blind side tinged with yellow.
habitats	Found on mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf. Enters shallow estuarine waters and tidal rivers. Feeds predominantly on bottom-living invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and east coast of Africa south to Durban (South Africa) eastward to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Taiwan: South, North, North-East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species.