Yellow Lined Grunter

Five separate and goldish-yellow stripes on the body with the third stripe not meeting the fourth stripe. No dark blotch on the upper opercle but with a yellow stripe when alive. Pored lateral line scales 52 - 54 and 5 - 6 on the scaly sheath of the caudal fin. Body depth in SL, 2.84 - 3.16; suborbital depth in eye diameter 2/3. Pectoral fin tip when vented, do not usually reach to the pelvic fin tip but sometimes equal (Ref. 37522).

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7

A rare species collected from depths less than 30 meters (Ref. 37522).

僅分布在台灣以及日本南部。台灣分布於各地水域。

漁期全年皆有，以夏季較多，可為流刺網、延繩釣或定置網漁法所獲，屬於較小型的魚類，煮湯或煎炸均適宜。

體側扁，呈長橢圓型，背緣弧形隆起，腹緣略呈弧形。頭中大。吻鈍尖。口中大，端位；上頜稍長於下頜，上下頜齒細小，絨毛狀，外列齒大；鋤骨、腭骨及舌面皆無齒。頦部具一長而深的中央溝；頦孔1對。體被薄櫛鱗，背鰭及臀鰭基部均具鱗鞘；側線完整，側線鱗數52。背鰭單一，硬棘部及軟條部間無明顯缺刻，硬棘數XII，第IV棘最長，軟條數13；臀鰭小，與背鰭鰭條部同形，硬棘數III，第II棘強大，軟條數7；胸鰭中長，長於腹鰭；尾鰭內凹形。體呈銀白色，體側有4條金黃色的縱帶，各鰭灰白至灰黃色。

主要棲息於沿岸的礁岩區，但也出現於河口域，常成群洄游，偶爾見其單獨活動，屬於雜食性的魚類。