Scientific Name	Parapercis xanthozona   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1849)	Depth	10 - 20M
Chinese	黃紋擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃紋擬鱸
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海狗甘仔、狗、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、紅帶擬鱸、狗母梭(臺東)、花狗母(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Jakarta [Batavia], Java, Indonesia.
Synonyms	Neopercis xanthozona, Parapercis xanthosoma, Percis xanthozona
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Bleeker, P. 1849 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056317. ASIZP0056854. ASIZP0056855. ASIZP0063667. ASIZP0070821. ASIZP0072225. ASIZP0804851. ASIZP0805003. ASIZP0901268. ASIZP0914851. ASIZP0915003. BPBMI18663. BPBMI23057. FRIP22205. NTUM01645. NTUM05625. NTUM06811. USNM00197690.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,% 2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,%
Common Name	Peppered grubfish; Yellowbar sandperch; Yellow-spot grubfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate and little compressed. Head pointed; eyes often jutting slightly above dorsal profile of head, oriented as much dorsally as laterally. Mouth moderately large, protractile; recurved canine teeth in an outer row at front of jaws. Dorsal fin with V spines and 21 soft rays, deeply notched between spinous and soft-rays portions, the soft portion clearly higher than the spinous; anal fin with I spine and 17 soft rays; pectoral fins with 17 rays; caudal fin slightly rounded. Lateral line scales 56 to 60. Body yellowish brown; a midlateral whitish stripe extending nearly to end of caudal fin; 8 or 9 Y-shaped dark cross-bars on side of body and about 5 black blotches along ventral contour; many black spots on soft dorsal, caudal and anal fins.
habitats	Found in shallow protected sandy areas near reefs of lagoons and bays to at least 28 m, often amongst boulders.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Fiji, north to Japan. It is found in southern and northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.