Scientific Name	Apogon doryssa   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Seale, 1906)	Depth	4 - 25M
Chinese	長棘天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長棘天竺鯛
Max Length	8 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Apia, Upolu I., Western Samoa.
Synonyms	Amia doryssa, Apogon doryssus
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. Mabuchi, K. , T. H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma and M. Nishida 2014 (1 Aug.) Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846 (no. 2): 151-203.  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1906 Shao, K.T. etc. 1986 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	ASIZP0055938. ASIZP0055943. ASIZP0056015. ASIZP0057510. ASIZP0058557. ASIZP0058661. ASIZP0069594. ASIZP0069607. ASIZP0069613. ASIZP0070034. ASIZP0071161. ASIZP0071164. ASIZP0071367. ASIZP0071434. ASIZP0071435. ASIZP0071456. ASIZP0071467. ASIZP0071499. ASIZP0071500. ASIZP0073531. ASIZP0803360. ASIZP0803381. ASIZP0803393. ASIZP0806080. ASIZP0916080. NMMBP03126. NMMBP03299. NMMBP08572. NMMSTP00851. NTOUP200611-837. NTOUP201006-346. NTOUP201203-127. NTOUP201203-209. NTUM05231. RUSI35742.
Barcode	,,CO1,100%
Common Name	Flame cardinalfish; Longspine cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 12-13. Body brilliant red without any stripe; preopercular ridge weakly serrated; second spine of first dorsal extending beyond the second dorsal origin when depressed; caudal fin forked.
habitats	Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs. Usually only found at night to depths of 25 m. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Rodriquez; Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Tuamoto Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Rapa; the Mariana and Marshall islands in Micronesia.
Utility	No commercial value.