Scientific Name	Pagrus major   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Depth	10 - 200M
Chinese	真鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F378　Sparidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	真赤鯛(真鯛)
Max Length	100 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	嘉鱲魚、正鯛、加臘、加蚋、加魶、真鯛、加幾魚、銅盆魚、棘鬣魚
Distribution in World	Japan to South China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Java
Synonyms	Chrysophrys major, Pagrosomus major, Pagus major, Sparus major
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase( 2002)  Akazaki, M. etc. 1977 Noda, E. etc. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳康青 1996 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055236. ASIZP0055263. ASIZP0055427. ASIZP0060972. ASIZP0062815. ASIZP0066680. ASIZP0069727. ASIZP0072801. ASIZP0074988. ASIZP0076176. ASIZP0700184. ASIZP0801754. ASIZP0803221. ASIZP0805472. ASIZP0900018. ASIZP0911754. ASIZP0913221. ASIZP0915472. FRIP00121. FRIP01119. FRIP01309. FRIP20543. MTP0176. NMMBP04759. NMMBP05023. NMMBP05024. NMMBP05025. NMMSTP00335. NTMP1332. NTUM04327.
Barcode	2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,99%
Common Name	Red seabream; Red tail; Red porgy; Silver seabream; Red sea bream; Red pargo; Genuine porgy; Japanese seabream; Madai; Japanese porgy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII spines and 10 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and with 8 soft rays. Caudal fin forked. Body with many bluish dots when fresh. Shallow body, body depth 2 or more in SL. Transverse scales 6.5-7.5. All spines of dorsal fin tough and not elongated. Posterior margin of caudal fin black, lower margin white.
habitats	Occurs from 10 to 50 m depths, often on rough grounds, but also on softer bottoms. Also inhabits reefs. Adults migrate into shallower parts of their depth range to spawn in late spring and summer; juveniles occur mainly in the shallower areas. It is a pop
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: northeastern part of South China Sea (Philippines excluded) northward to Japan
Utility	highly commercial species; aquaculture species; aquarium species.