Scientific Name	Liachirus melanospilos			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1854)	Depth	80 - 100M
Chinese	黑斑圓鱗鰨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F501　Soleidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黑斑圓鱗鰨
Max Length	7.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	龍舌、鰨沙、比目魚、貼沙(澎湖)、鰨西(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Manado, Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia
Synonyms	Achirus melanospilos, Aseraggodes melanospilus, Liachirus melanospilus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)  Dr. P. Bleeker 1854 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 李思忠, 王惠民 1995
Specimen List	ASIZP0054591. ASIZP0055512. ASIZP0057358. ASIZP0060148. ASIZP0060513. ASIZP0060741. ASIZP0061700. ASIZP0061701. ASIZP0063166. ASIZP0063681. ASIZP0072425. ASIZP0074457. ASIZP0074676. ASIZP0074845. ASIZP0805111. ASIZP0900160. ASIZP0915115.
Barcode	2011-07-20,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Sole
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 59-62; anal-fin rays 42-47; caudal-fin rays 18. Snout not forming a distinct hook; mouth only slightly contorted. No pores at bases of dorsal and anal-fin rays. Caudal fin separate from dorsal and anal fins. Pectoral fins absent. With cycloid scales on head and body; right ventral fin base longer than the other one.
habitats	Inhabits shallow sand or mud bottoms in coastal waters. Feeds predominently on bottom-living invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Laccadives, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Taiwan and Japan. Taiwan: South, Penghu, North, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species. Caught mainly with bottom trawls on the inner continental shelf.