Scientific Name	Caracanthus unipinna   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Gray, 1831)	Depth	0 - 50M
Chinese	單鰭頰棘鮋	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	頰棘鮋科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F305　Caracanthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	橢圓頭棘鮋
Max Length	5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	虎魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	LanI Is.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Pacific Ocean
Synonyms	Caracanthus unipinnis, Caracanthus unipinnus, Caracanthus zeylonicus, Centropus staurophorus, Micropus longipinnis, Micropus unipinna
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Gray, J. E. 1831 Mizuno, S. etc. 1980 Shoichi Mizuno etc. 1980 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0074783.
Common Name	Pigmy croucher; Penny velvetfish; Pygmy coral croucher; Coral croucher
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XII-XIII spines and 12-13 soft rays; Anal fin with II spines and 11-12 soft rays: 11-12. Uniformly dark species that has smaller, but longer tubercles than C. maculatus and lacks a notch in the dorsal fin.
habitats	Found among branches of Stylophora mordax and certain Acropora corals. It never ventures outside the confines of the coral head where it swims between the branches foraging for other coral-dwelling types.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Utility	Not commercial food species.