Scientific Name	Nectamia bandanensis			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Bleeker, 1854)	Depth	10 - 34M
Chinese	頰紋聖天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	頰紋聖竺鯛
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Banda Neira, Banda Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Apogon bandanensis, Apogon batjanensis, Ostorhinchus bandanensis
Reference	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.；Myers, R. F. (1991) Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.；Fishb  Bleeker, P. 1854 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 Mabuchi, K. , T. H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma etc. 2014
Specimen List	ASIZP0056951. ASIZP0057649. ASIZP0071414. ASIZP0071423. ASIZP0071426. ASIZP0071431. ASIZP0071432. ASIZP0071440. ASIZP0074520. FRIP22361.
Common Name	Three-saddle cardinalfish; Bigeye cardinalfish; Banda cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13. Body silvery with saddle or bar across the caudal peduncle and a wedge-shaped bar below the eye. Leading edge of ventral fin clearly pale-blue.
habitats	Occurs in outer reef slopes generally at depths below 30 m. Nocturnal species. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Moluccas and Philippines to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to southern Great Barrier Reef; Mariana and Caroline Islands in Micronesia.
Utility	No commercial value.