Scientific Name	Amsichthys knighti			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Allen, 1987)	Depth	25 - 40M
Chinese	奈氏魚雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬雀鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F342　Pseudochromidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	奈氏魚雀鯛
Max Length	6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	擬鮗
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Number 8 Ribbon Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 14°58'S, 145°44'E, 25-40 m
Synonyms	Pseudoplesiops knighti
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Allen, G. R. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0060581. NMMBP03121.
Common Name	Knight's dottyback
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate. Dorsal fin with II slender spines and 23 or 24 rays; anal fin with I to III spines and 13 to 15 rays; caudal fin rounded; pectoral fins with 16 to 18 rays; pelvic fins with I spine and 4 rays. Lateral line represented by a single tubed scale at gill opening, followed by an intermittent series of centrally pitted scales extending beneath base of dorsal fin, and a second intermittent series of centrally pitted scales on caudal peduncle; transverse scale rows from upper edge of gill opening to base of caudal base 30 to 33. Predorsal scales 8 to 10, extending forward almost to above middle of eyes. Scales with radii in anterior field only; posterior body scales ctenoid. Colour varies from bright yellow to brown; perimeter of eye often narrowly blue or purple.
habitats	Found in coastal reef slopes amongst algae boulder habitat to about 20 m depth; also inhabits inshore reefs.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from Taiwan, Philippines to northern Australia (including Western Australia) and Papua New Guinea. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters; and Lyudao, southeastern Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.