Scientific Name	Parapercis muronis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Tanaka, 1918)	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	牟婁擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鞍帶擬鱸
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	海狗甘仔、狗、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、
Distribution in World	Japan to South China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tanabe, Japan
Synonyms	Neopercis muronis
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)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	NMMBP00492. NMMBP01692. NMMBP02453. NMMBP03672. NMMSTP00150. NMNSF00610. NTUM04116. NTUM04468. NTUM05613. NTUM05614.
Common Name	Sandperch
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 23 soft rays, without notched between spinous and soft-rays portions, the soft portion clearly higher than the spinous; anal fin with I spine and 18 to 20 soft rays; pectoral fins with 17 to 20 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line scales 53 to 57. Body reddish above, paler below; upper half of body with 5 narrow slightly oblique blackish bars; no vertical dark band below eye and no dark blotch on pectoral fin base.
habitats	Sandy-muddy bottoms on continental shelves.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from southern Japan to the Philippines. It is found in southwestern and northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.