Scientific Name	Fowleria vaiulae   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Seale, 1906)	Depth	3 - 25M
Chinese	維拉乳突天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	維拉乳突天竺鯛
Max Length	5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Apia, Upolu I., Western Samoa
Synonyms	Foa abocellata, Foa vaiulae, Fowleria abocellata, Fowleria vaiuli
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. 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.  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1906 Goren, M. etc. 1983 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	ASIZP0056553. ASIZP0056661. ASIZP0062010. ASIZP0074357. ASIZP0074379. NTOUP200712-136.
Common Name	Dwarf cardinalfish; Mottled cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VIII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 12-13. Body brown with 6 to 8 pale bars and 3 to 4 dark bands radiating from the eye; no large canine-like teeth on either jaw; palatine with teeth; no black ocellus on upper part of opercle; lateral line incomplete, reach only 2nd dorsal fin; fins marbled red; caudal fin rounded.
habitats	Occurs inshore in reef areas among Acropora corals. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Mauritius and Rodriguez to the Line Islands and Tonga, north to the Philippines, south to northern Australia, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.
Utility	No commercial value.