Scientific Name	Ostorhinchus cheni			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Hayashi, 1990)	Depth	20 - 100M
Chinese	陳氏鸚天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	陳氏天竺鯛
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off north of Iejima I., Okinawa Pref., Japan, 70-100 m
Synonyms	Apogon cheni, Apogon sp. 2
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；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；Fishbase(2006)  Shao, K.T. etc. 1986 Hayashi, M. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Mabuchi, K. , T. H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma etc. 2014
Specimen List	ASIZP0055978Paratype. ASIZP0055988Paratype. ASIZP0061922. FRIP21603. NMMBP03347. NMMBP05818. NMMBP05835. NTMP0302. NTMP1462.
Common Name	Chen's cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 14. Maxillary reaching to below the middle of eye, teeth villiform. Preopercle weakly serrated. First dorsal with seven spines; the first the shortest about one-fourth the length of the second spine which is in turn about one half to one-third the length of the third; the fourth spine the longest but shorter than the sum of snout length and eye diameter. Pectoral fin long extending beyond the origin of anal fin. Body brownish with two horizontal stripes; the first stripe from suprobital to caudal peduncle; the median stripe from snout, to the caudal peduncle; to the caudal peduncle at a short distance before the caudal base; a black spot on the caudal peduncle about the size of pupil.
habitats	Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.