Scientific Name	Ostorhinchus semilineatus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)	Depth	3 - 100M
Chinese	半線鸚天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	半線天竺鯛
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔、大目丁(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Apogon semilineatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；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；Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen and R. C. Steene (1990) Fishes of the  Shao, K.T. etc. 1986 Suzuki, K. etc. 1987 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	ASIZP0055932. ASIZP0055933. ASIZP0056952. ASIZP0060405. ASIZP0060952. ASIZP0061186. ASIZP0061204. ASIZP0061879. ASIZP0062603. ASIZP0062604. ASIZP0063634. ASIZP0068249. ASIZP0071556. ASIZP0080092. ASIZP0700083. ASIZP0804010. ASIZP0900263. ASIZP0901243. ASIZP0914010. CAS34222. FRIP00067. FRIP21048. NMMBP05469. NMMBP06198. NMMBP08840. NMMSTP00337. NMNSF00223. NTUM02840. NTUM05006. NTUM05007. NTUM05008. NTUM05048. NTUM05049. NTUM07932. NTUM08542. ROM72019. RUSI38437. ...List all 37 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Half-lined cardinal; Half-striped cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 8; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 12-13. Body light gray with redish; upper jaw tips of breeding pair protrude; three predorsalss; a pair of uroneurals present; body with two horizontal stripes on body side; the median stripe short; ending before caudal base; caudal fin forked.
habitats	May enter semi-enclosed sea areas; forms schools over rocky bottoms. Nocturnal species. Breeding pairs are found from July to September in Japan. Mouth brooding is done by the male. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Western Pacific: central Honshu, Japan to Taiwan and the Philippines. Also occurs in Indonesia and northwestern Australia, a new record for the northeastern Indian Ocean
Utility	No commercial value.