Scientific Name	Girella punctata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Gray, 1835	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	瓜子鱲	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F391　Kyphosidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑魢
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	黑毛、菜毛、粗鱗黑毛、悶仔、粗鱗仔、烏毛(澎湖)、烏目仔(澎湖)、烏嘴仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Japan to East China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	China
Synonyms	Crenidens melanichthys, Girella melanichthys
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Gray, J. E. 1830-35 Kobayashi, Kiyu etc. 1961 Lee, S.C. etc. 1981 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055323. ASIZP0055627. ASIZP0055696. ASIZP0058814. ASIZP0060517. ASIZP0060651. ASIZP0073649. ASIZP0073650. ASIZP0073651. ASIZP0079023. ASIZP0806258. ASIZP0806259. ASIZP0806260. ASIZP0916258. ASIZP0916259. ASIZP0916260. FRIP01295. MTP0013. MTP0189. NMMBP04312. NMMBP04366. NMMBP06302. NMMBP06337. NMMBP06432. NMMBP06433. NMMBP06663. NMMSTP00330. NTMP1013. NTUM00918. NTUM00919. NTUM02096. NTUM02422. NTUM02426. NTUM06485. NTUM07026. NTUM07706. USNM00191195. ...List all 38 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Small scale black fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oblong. Mouth small, not extending posteriorly beyond eye; upper lip thin; maxilla covered by suborbital; outer teeth in jaws mostly tricupsid incisors. Single dorsal fin with XIV to XV spines and 12 to 15 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 11-13 soft rays (usually 12); pelvic fins inserted just under or distinctly just posterior to pectoral-fin base; caudal fin broadly forked. Scales small, ctenoid, extending onto cheeks and upper part of opercles, and bases of dorsal and anal fins but not covering most of soft portion of dorsal and anal fins. Lateral line scales 50-56. Body uniformly dark bluish grey to greenish grey above and silvery below; posterior margin of opercle not black; each scales on body with garker dots on middle or base.
habitats	Coastal and estuarine, mostly on hard substrate bottoms that support algal growth, from the intertidal zone to a depth of about 25 m. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed. Feed on encrusting and floating algae and incidentally on small crustaceans.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific from southern Hokkaido southward (except the Ryukyu Islands) to Japan, Taiwan and the East China Sea. Widely around coral reefs in Taiwan.
Utility	Food fish; marketed fresh.