Scientific Name	Siphamia tubifer			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	Weber, 1909	Depth	1 - 68M
Chinese	湯加管天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	湯加管天竺鯛
Max Length	7 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	變色管天竺鯛、大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Masbate, Philippines
Synonyms	Amia versicolor, Apogon tubulatus, Beanea trivittata, Siphamia cuprea, Siphamia ovalis, Siphamia permutata, Siphamia versicolor
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  Radcliffe, L. 1911 Haneda, Y. 1965 Iwai, T. 1971 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	ASIZP0062138. NMMBP08576.
Common Name	Sea urchin cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 8-9; anal-fin rays II, 8-9; pectoral-fin rays 14. Body silvery with distinct or indistinct longitudinal browen stripes; lateral line complete; palatine teeth absent; silvery or black bioluminous band along ventral side from hyal region to anal fin origin; no black pigments at dorsal base; fins not whitish or transparent; caudal fin slightly emarginate.
habitats	A rare species occurring in small groups exclusively among the spines of Diadema setosum in shallow sheltered waters. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Maldives to Mariana Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northwestern Australia; Mariana and eastern Caroline Islands in Micronesia.
Utility	No commercial value.