Scientific Name	Pristiapogon fraenatus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Valenciennes, 1832	Depth	3 - 50M
Chinese	棘眼鋸天竺鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	天竺鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F352　Apogonidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	棘眼鋸天竺鯛
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大面側仔、大目側仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	New Guinea
Synonyms	Amia frenata, Apogon fraenatus, Apogon frenatus, Apogon vittiger, Pristiapogon frenatus
Reference	1.臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. 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；3. Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen and R. C. Steene (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. ；4. Randall, J. E. (2005) Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. i-xii + 1-707. ；5. Fraser, T. H. and E. A. Lachner (1985)A revision of the cardinalfish subgenera Pristiapogon and Zoramia (genus Apogon) of the Indo-Pacific region (Teleostei: Apogonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 412: i-iii + 1-47.   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	ASIZP0055970. ASIZP0056955. ASIZP0056956. ASIZP0058784. ASIZP0062146. ASIZP0064341. ASIZP0070989. ASIZP0071156. ASIZP0073578. ASIZP0074999. ASIZP0700304. ASIZP0806127. ASIZP0916127. BPBMI23389. FRIP00063. NMMBP02500. NMMBP05667. NMMSTP00110. NTUM07116.
Barcode	,,CO1,100%
Common Name	Spiny-eyed cardinalfish; Spurcheek cardinal; Spur-cheek cardinalfish; Spurcheek cardinalfish; Bridled cardinalfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 14-15. A black horizontal stripe across from tip of snout to the caudal base; ovoid spot in the middle of caudal peduncle right on the last lateral line scale behind longitudinal stripe; soft dorsal and anal with a faint narrow band in parallel with the bases; other fins transparent; caudal fin forked.
habitats	Found in relatively clear waters on reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 25 m. Cryptic under ledges by day, singly or in small groups. Feeds on polychaetes and other small benthic invertebrates
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa and eastward to the Line and Tuamoto islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New South Wales, Australia; throughout Micronesia.
Utility	No commercial value.