Scientific Name	Siphamia majimai   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Matsubara & Iwai, 1958	Depth	1 - 10M
Chinese	馬島氏管天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	馬島氏管竺鯛
Max Length	4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Urasokari, Amami Oshima, Japan, ca. 28°07'N, 129°20'E
Synonyms	Siphamia majimae, Siphamia zaribae
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  K. Matsubara, D.Sc. etc.  Matsubara, K. etc. 1958 Iwai, T. 1959 Haneda, Y. 1965 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	ASIZP0055132. ASIZP0055920. ASIZP0055937. ASIZP0055939. ASIZP0057514. ASIZP0062011. ASIZP0062012. ASIZP0062134. ASIZP0062223. ASIZP0062381. ASIZP0062599. ASIZP0803330. ASIZP0803331. ASIZP0803332. NMMBP08575. NMMSTP00679. NTOUP200801-058. NTOUP201203-121. RUSI35126. USNM00357890.
Common Name	Cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VI-I, 9-10; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 14-15. Body deeper, head large. Mouth subvertical, the maxillary extending to below center of pupil; villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, palatine and pharyngeal bone. First dorsal fin with six spines, second dorsal narrowly separated from the first dorsal. Color when alive uniformly black, fins pinkish except pectoral.
habitats	Commensal with sea urchins and crown of thorns starfish. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Japan to northern Australia.
Utility	No commercial value.