Scientific Name	Apogonichthyoides timorensis			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1854)	Depth	0 - 12M
Chinese	帝汶似天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	帝汶似天竺魚
Max Length	9 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔、綠身天竺鯛
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Kupang, Timor I., s. Malay Archipelago.
Synonyms	Apogon darnleyensis, Apogon fraxineus, Apogon striatus, Apogon timorensis, Apogonichthyoides fraxineus, Apogonichthys darnleyensis
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. Fraser, T. H. and E. A. Lachner (1986)A revision of the cardinalfish suenera Pristiapogon and Zoramia (genus Apogon) of the Indo-Pacific region (Teleostei: Apogonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 412: i-iii + 1-47；4. 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.  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	ASIZP0057506. ASIZP0057589. ASIZP0070508.
Common Name	Sad cardinal; Sad cardinalfish; Timor cardinal; Timor cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 15-16. Body black or coppery brown; unsignally black bands under each dorsal fin; may have three faint, dusky bars on sides; gill-rakers fewer than 21; no mark on cheek; three predorsalss; a pair of uroneurals present; preopercular ridge weakly serrated; caudal fin forked.
habitats	Found in shallow protected coastal reef crests and lagoons, hiding below corals during the day, but also trawled on soft bottom; also under boulders on shallow reef flats. Nocturnal species. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and southern Oman south to Natal, South Africa and east to the western Pacific where it occurs from Japan to northern Australia.
Utility	No commercial value.