Scientific Name	Plectorhinchus cinctus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Depth	3 - 50M
Chinese	花尾胡椒鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	石鱸科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F374　Haemulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	花尾胡椒鯛
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	加志、黃斑石鯛、花軟唇、嘉誌(臺東)、包公魚、番圭誌(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、South West、North、PonFu、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Diagramma cinctum, Hapalogenys maculatus, Plectorhynchus cinctus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055344. ASIZP0055758. ASIZP0059869. ASIZP0066538. ASIZP0066543. ASIZP0066551. ASIZP0070790. ASIZP0076157. ASIZP0080853. ASIZP0700294. ASIZP0801761. ASIZP0801762. ASIZP0801763. ASIZP0807074. ASIZP0807587. ASIZP0911761. ASIZP0911762. ASIZP0911763. ASIZP0917074. ASIZP0917587. FRIP00874. FRIP21404. MTP0128. NMMBP00635. NMMBP03267. NMMBP03961. NMMBP05393. NMMBP06309. NMMBP06332. NMMBP06345. NMMBP06353. NTMP1054. NTMP1352. NTUM04391.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%
Common Name	Yellow spotted grunt; Crescent sweetlips; Dark-banded sweetlip
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XII, 15-16; anal-fin rays III, 7 ; pectoral-fin rays17. Chin naked, frequently swollen with age; no antrorse spine; caudal rounded or lanceolate in juveniles, becoming truncate or emarginate in adults. Dorsal fin with XI or more spines and 14 to 22 soft rays; 10 to 17 scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin; swimbladder without horn-like extensions anteriorly. Body with 3 diagonal dark bars.
habitats	Inhabits coastal reefs, near rocky and coral areas. Feed on benthic invertebrates and fishes.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan to the South China Sea, Sri Lanka, and the Arabian Sea. Taiwan: South, Penghu.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.