Scientific Name	Upeneus quadrilineatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cheng & Wang, 1963	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	四線緋鯉	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鬚鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F382　Mullidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	四帶緋鯉
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	秋姑、鬚哥
Distribution in World	Japan to South China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	West
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ta-chen Is, China
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Chu, Y.-T., C.-L. Chan etc. 1963 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0058473. ASIZP0065145. ASIZP0065146. ASIZP0065147. ASIZP0800830. ASIZP0800831. ASIZP0800832. ASIZP0910830. ASIZP0910831. ASIZP0910832. NMMBP02575. NMMSTP00765. NTMP0221. NTMP1162. NTUM02024. NTUM03139. NTUM07024. NTUM08239.
Barcode	2008-08-05,鄭惇遠,CO1,100%
Common Name	Goat fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate. Chin with 2 slender short barbels which do not reach posterior margin of preopercle. Mouth small; villiform teeth in a narrow band in jaws, on palatines, and in 2 small patches on vomer. First gill arch with 8 to 9 gill rakers on upper limb, 17 to 20 on lower limb (total 25 to 29). Two well-separated dorsal fins, the first with VIII spines, and the second with 9 soft rays; anal fin with 7 soft rays; pectoral-fin rays 15 to 16. Lateral-line scales 35 to 38; no scales on side of snout; small scales basally on second dorsal and anal fins. Body with more than 4 narrow, orange-yellow longitudinal stripes; back above stripe silvery pink, below silvery; snout silvery pink; first dorsal fin with black tip; upper lobe of caudal fin with 5 to 7 oblique red cross bars, the lower lobe red or longitudinally streaked with red; dorsal fins with red stripes; barbels white to pink; peritoneum brown to dark brown.
habitats	Occurs on mud substrata. Usually occurs in schools.
Distribution	Known only from southern Japan to southern China. Also a new record for Indonesia. It is found in western Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh or made into fish balls.