Scientific Name	Taeniamia buruensis			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1856)	Depth	0 - 6M
Chinese	橫帶天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	橫帶長鰭天竺鯛
Max Length	7.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	Middle West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Kajeli, Buru I., Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Archamia buruensis
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 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
Common Name	Buru cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VI-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 12; pectoral-fin rays 10. Body yellowish brown with three narrow, horizontal stripes; the predorsal line running continuously along dorsal bases; second narrower one from upper surface of snout to the base of last soft dorsal ray; the third broader one running from snout and terminating at the median caudal base as a dark pupil sized dark blotch. All fins pale to whitish. Preopercle with small black spots.
habitats	Occurs on shallow inner reefs and mangroves. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Western Central Pacific: Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan; Palau in Micronesia
Utility	No commercial value.