Scientific Name
Lutjanus malabaricus  
Pronounce  
Lutjanus malabaricus馬拉巴笛鯛
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Depth 2 - 100M
Chinese 馬拉巴笛鯛 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 笛鯛科 Economic Fish Yes 
Family F370 Lutjanidae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 馬拉巴笛鯛 
Max Length 100 cm  Aquarium Fish No  Common Name 赤海、赤筆仔 
Distribution in World India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan West、PonFu 
Habitats Coral、Benthos、Coastal  Holotype Locality Coromandel, India 
Synonyms Lutianus malabaricus, Lutjanus dodecacanthus, Lutjanus malabarius, Lutjanus sanguineus, Mesoprion dodecacanthus, Sparus malabaricus   
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 
Specimen List ASIZP0054630. ASIZP0056139. ASIZP0065804. ASIZP0070303. ASIZP0073989. ASIZP0801127. ASIZP0911127. CAS28198. CAS34223. FRIP21616. NMMBP04712. NTMP1322. NTUM00010Paratype. NTUM00970. SU49402.  
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Common Name Saddletail snapper; Redfish; Red jew; Saddle-tailed sea-perch; Red emperor; Red snapper; Silver; Scarlet sea-perch; Red bream; Saddle-tail snapper; Big-mouth nannygai; Large-mouthed nannygai; Malabar blood snapper; Malabar red snapper; Malabar seaperch; M 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic Body relatively deep. Dorsal profile of head steeply sloped; snout profile straight or slightly concave; preorbital bone much broader than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob poorly developed; vomerine tooth patch crescentic or traingular, without a medial posterior extension; tongue smooth, without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 12 to 14, total rakers on first gill arch 18 to 20. Dorsal fin with XI spines and 12 to 14 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 or 9 soft rays; posterior profile of dorsal and anal fins slightly rounded to angular; pectoral fins with 16 or 17 rays; caudal fin truncate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Juveniles with a broad, oblique band of brown or black, from upper jaw to beginning of dorsal fin; a prominent black band runs across the caudal peduncle with a pearly-white border. Young with horizontal lines on sides.
habitats Inhabit both coastal and offshore reefs. They tend to be associated with sponge and gorgonian-dominated habitats on the North West Shelf, and hard mud areas of the Arafura Sea. In Australia, they frequently form mixed shoals with L. erythropterus. Juvenil 
Distribution Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific from Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is.. 
Utility Marketed fresh, dried-salted and frozen.