Scientific Name	Parapercis pulchella   Pronounce			by: ©National Museum of Marine Science and Techonology
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Depth	5 - 30M
Chinese	美擬鱸	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F435　Pinguipedidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	美擬鱸
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海狗甘仔、狗、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、花狗母(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan.
Synonyms	Percis pulchella
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	ASIZP0054585. ASIZP0054625. ASIZP0058613. ASIZP0059223. ASIZP0060516. ASIZP0061870. ASIZP0063645. ASIZP0072213. ASIZP0805004. ASIZP0900254. ASIZP0915004. FRIP00801. NMMBP00493. NMMBP01693. NMMBP01886. NMMBP03010. NMMBP03107. NMMBP05367. NMMSTP00593. NTUM03609. NTUM03610. NTUM03611. NTUM05616. NTUM05617. NTUM05635. NTUM07049. ROM71747. RUSI35623.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,%
Common Name	Harlequin 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 21 or 22 soft rays, shallowly notched between spinous and soft-rays portions, the soft portion clearly higher than the spinous; anal fin with I spine and 17 or 18 soft rays; pectoral fins with 16 or 17 rays; caudal fin rounded. Lateral line scales 56 to 64. Redding brown in color, a longitudinal series of white blotches on mid-axis of body. several pale stripes on head; black marks on lower lip and underside of head. Spinous portion of dorsal fin black at base; lower third to fourth of caudal fin dark brownish red. ventral fins white.
habitats	Pebble bottoms on shallow reefs.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Zanzibar to Japan. It is found in Penghu Islands, western Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.