Scientific Name
Nectamia fusca
Nectamia fusca褐色聖天竺鯛
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Depth 1 - 5M
Chinese 褐色聖天竺鯛 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 天竺鯛科 Economic Fish No 
Family F352　Apogonidae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 棕色聖竺鯛 
Max Length 10 cm  Aquarium Fish No  Common Name 大面側仔、大目側仔 
Distribution in World India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan East、South、LanI Is.、Tung Sa IS. 
Habitats Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand  Holotype Locality Guam, Mariana Is., w. Pacific 
Synonyms Apogon fuscus, Apogon guamensis, Apogon nubilus, Apogon ocellatus, Apogon savayensis, Apogon spongicolus, Ostorhinchus nubilus, Ostorhynchus nubilus, Ostorhynchus spongicolus   
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 ASIZP0055053. ASIZP0055157. ASIZP0055917. ASIZP0056961. ASIZP0056962. ASIZP0059158. ASIZP0059199. ASIZP0063449. ASIZP0070065. ASIZP0070070. ASIZP0070820. ASIZP0070922. ASIZP0072212. ASIZP0072476. ASIZP0073525. ASIZP0073551. ASIZP0700317. ASIZP0804331. ASIZP0804372. ASIZP0804412. ASIZP0804821. ASIZP0804995. ASIZP0805162. ASIZP0806074. ASIZP0806100. ASIZP0914331. ASIZP0914372. ASIZP0914412. ASIZP0914821. ASIZP0914995. ASIZP0915166. ASIZP0916074. ASIZP0916100. FRIP20020. FRIP21841. NMMBP02568. NMMBP08494. ...List all 52 records... 
Barcode2011-07-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,張家豪,CO1,100% 2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name Pearl cardinalfish; Pearl cardinal; Three-saddled cardinalfish; Guam cardinalfish 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13-14. Body coppery or silvery without any stripe; a narrow, elongated mark on cheek; three predorsalss; a pair of uroneurals; preopercular ridge smooth; caudal fin forked.
habitats Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons, but hiding by day within Acropora thickets and other corals, as well as in holes and crevices and emerging at night to forage on free-swimming invertebrates. 
Distribution Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef; throughout Micronesia. 
Utility No commercial value.