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Chinese Emperor

Lethrinus haematopterus Temminck & Schlegel 1844

Diagnostic Description

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Body color is olive-gray with scattered irregular dark blotches. The head is gray, sometimes there are two blue stripes radiating forward from the eye. The fins are pale or gray, the dorsal with a reddish edge.
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8
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Importance

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fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
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分布

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分布於西北太平洋區,由日本至中國南海。台灣分布於南部、西部及澎湖海域。
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利用

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一般以延繩釣、一支釣或底拖網等方式捕獲,高經濟價值的常用食用魚,全年都可以捕撈到,尤其夏天特別多。
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描述

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體延長而呈長橢圓形;頭部長略短於或等於體高;唇後與前鼻孔之間距短於頰幅。吻中長而略尖。眼間隔凸起。眼大,位於近於頭背側,但隨著成長而漸分離。口端位;兩頜具犬齒及絨毛狀齒,後方側齒呈犬齒狀;上頜骨上緣平滑或稍呈鋸齒狀。頰部無鱗;胸鰭基部內側不具鱗;側線鱗數47-48;側線上鱗列數4.5;側線下鱗列數15-17。背鰭單一,不具深刻,具硬棘X,軟條9,第IV棘最長;臀鰭硬棘III,軟條8;胸鰭軟條13;尾鰭分叉,兩葉先端尖型。體灰褐色,有不明顯之暗色斑紋;眼前有二條藍色縱紋。奇鰭及胸鰭灰黃色。腹鰭灰黃色,鰭膜之外緣略有暗色。
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棲地

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主要棲息於珊瑚礁及砂地交匯的海域,幼魚常出現於河口域。群居性,主要以軟體動物、甲殼類及小魚為食。
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