Scientific Name	Apogonichthyoides melas			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1848)	Depth	0 - 2M
Chinese	黑身似天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑身似天竺鯛
Max Length	9.2 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bima, Sumbawa I., Lesser Sunda Is., Indonesia.
Synonyms	Apogon melas
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；6. 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.  Dr. Bleeker 1848 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	ASIZP0056010. ASIZP0058656. ASIZP0072470. ASIZP0805156. ASIZP0915160.
Barcode	2011-07-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Blackspot cardinalfish; Black cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13-14. Body generally dark-brown, except the area along lateral line paler. Head without any sharply defined markings but few diffused dusky to blackish lines running obliquely from suborbital to preopercular angle. All fins dusky to blackish except the translucent pectorals. A black ocellus at basal part of the second dorsal.
habitats	Found in shallow well protected coastal bays, commonly found under jetties, hiding in dark areas; also in inshore rocky areas and among branching coral. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Malaysia to Moluccas, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals. Reported from New Caledonia
Utility	No commercial value.