Scientific Name	Ostorhinchus notatus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Houttuyn, 1782)	Depth	10 - 30M
Chinese	黑點鸚天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑點天竺鯛
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔、目達仔、大目丁(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Apogon notatus, Sparus notatus
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 Ueno, S. etc. 1987 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	ASIZP0055205. ASIZP0055974. ASIZP0056018. ASIZP0058658. ASIZP0070039. ASIZP0700285. ASIZP0804109. ASIZP0914109. BPBMI23441. NMMSTP00383. USNM00212304. USNM00212305.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Spotnape cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 15. Most of body brown, paler and tinged silvery ventro-laterally; body without any stipes; a dark bar along the side of snout; black spots smaller than pupil on each side of occiput; black pupil-sized at median caudal base. All fins pale to whitish, except the black frontal vertical band on spinus dorsal and the black basal band on soft dorsal.
habitats	Occurs in groups around coral bommies. In Japan, the breeding season is from June to September. Breeding pairs set up territory. Mouth brooding is done by the male. Nocturnal species. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Western Pacific: southern Japan south to the Coral Sea.
Utility	No commercial value.