Scientific Name	Ostorhinchus aureus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lacepède, 1802)	Depth	10 - 40M
Chinese	環尾鸚天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	環尾鸚天竺鯛
Max Length	14.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔、大目丁(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius; Réunion I.
Synonyms	Amia aurea, Amia fleurieu, Apogon annularis, Apogon annularis roseipinnis, Apogon aureus, Apogon fleurieu, Apogon roseipinnis, Centropomus aureus, Gronovichthys aureus, Ostorhynchus fleurieu
Reference	1.臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. Shao, K. T., and J. P. Chen (1986) The New Records of Cardinalfishes from Taiwan, with a Synopsis of the Family Apogonidae. Journ. Taiwan Museum, 39(2):61-104；3. Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen and R. C. Steene (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. ；4. Randall, J. E. (2005) Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. i-xii + 1-707. ；5. Fraser, T. H. and E. A. Lachner (1985)A revision of the cardinalfish subgenera Pristiapogon and Zoramia (genus Apogon) of the Indo-Pacific region (Teleostei: Apogonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 412: i-iii + 1-47.   Lacepede, B. G. E. 1802 Shao, K.T. etc. 1986 Randall, J. E., T. H. Fraser etc. 1990 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Mabuchi, K. , T. H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma etc. 2014
Specimen List	ASIZP0054915. ASIZP0055982. ASIZP0061387. ASIZP0062143. ASIZP0065910. ASIZP0066658. ASIZP0071220. ASIZP0071555. ASIZP0800749. ASIZP0801865. ASIZP0910749. ASIZP0911865.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Ringtailed cardinalfish; Ring-tailed cardinalfish; Golden cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13-14. Color in life coppery with iridescence, paler posteriorly; a blackish stripe, bordered by a blue line, running from front of snout through eye and beyond; a narrow blue streak on maxilla. Large and oblique mouth; median predorsal scales 5; preopercular ridge smooth with posterior and most of ventral margin serrate. Black bar encircling caudal peduncle present in both young and adult phases.
habitats	Inhabits holes in rocks or under ledges in shallow waters. Known to occur in mixed aggregates with Apogon apogonoides during summer and autumn, but form separate aggregates in winter and spring. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to Miyakejima, Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia.
Utility	Commercial aquarium species.