Scientific Name	Ostorhinchus fleurieu			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Lacepède, 1802	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	斑柄鸚天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑柄鸚天竺鯛
Max Length	12.5 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	North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Pacific Ocean
Synonyms	Apogon annularis, Apogon annularis roseipinnis, Apogon aureus, Apogon fleurieu, Apogon sp., Centropomus 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	ASIZP0056954. ASIZP0061919. ASIZP0061938. ASIZP0064347. ASIZP0067463. ASIZP0067464. ASIZP0067468. ASIZP0067470. ASIZP0067489. ASIZP0067501. ASIZP0700388. ASIZP0802882. ASIZP0802883. ASIZP0802884. ASIZP0802885. ASIZP0802886. ASIZP0802887. ASIZP0912882. ASIZP0912883. ASIZP0912884. ASIZP0912885. ASIZP0912886. ASIZP0912887.
Common Name	Ringtailed cardinalfish; Bullseye cardinalfish; Cardinalfish; Gold cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 15-16. Juveniles with a peduncular spot, expanding to a broad blackish bar when adults; broad blackish stripe from front of snout to orbit, continuing diffusely behind eye; body without vertical band; maxilla with a narrow blue streak. Preopercular ridge smooth, posterior and most of ventral margins serrate; caudal fin forked; color in life coppery with iridescence.
habitats	Common in shallow coastal reefs with moderate currents. Also in tidal channels of estuaries. Adults usually in small schools comprising pairs. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and scattered localities in East Africa, Seychelles, India, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan region, and Hong Kong.
Utility	No commercial value.