Scientific Name	Verulux cypselurus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Weber, 1909)	Depth	3 - 13M
Chinese	燕尾矛天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	燕尾箭竺鯛
Max Length	6 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
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Kawa, w. Ceram, Indonesia
Synonyms	Rhabdamia cypselura, Rhabdamia cypselurus
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	Cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VI-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 9; pectoral-fin rays 14-15. Body generally transparent with some black pigments from snout to opercle; upper and lower margins of caudal fin black; caudal fin forked.
habitats	Forms large shoals among rocks or above corals of lagoon patch reefs. Often schools with R. gracilis. Spreads out at night, floating mid-water to catch plankton. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Marshall Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Guinea; Belau east to the Marshall Islands and Kapingamarangi in Micronesia.
Utility	No commercial value.