Barface Cardinalfish

Upper jaw tips of breeding pair protrude. Attains 12 cm TL.

Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205). Displays obligate monogamy where a one-to-one pair is established irrespective of resource abundance (Ref. 52884).

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8

Nocturnal species which occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Swims in schools over rocky areas (Ref. 9137).

May enter semi-enclosed sea areas; forms schools over rocky bottoms (Ref. 11230). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). Breeding pairs are found from July to September in Japan. Mouth brooding is done by the male (Ref. 240).

fisheries: subsistence fisheries

分布於印度-西太平洋區，由印尼、澳洲北部至日本、台灣及菲律賓附近海域。台灣的北部、西部及澎湖海域有分布。

無任何經濟價值。

體長圓而側扁。頭尖，眼徑較吻長長。眼大。尾柄窄。第一背鰭小且和第二背鰭基底極近。尾呈叉狀。D. VII-I，9；A. II，8；P. 12-13； C. 3-4，9+8，3-4；GR. 1，16+1+4，2；HL. 2.51- 2.62；BD. 2.20-2.94 in SL；ED. 3.14-3/82；SnL. 3.76-4.67 in HL。體色淡紅，腹面銀白，尾柄有一個與瞳孔同大或略小之圓黑點；體側具兩條水平縱帶，第一條在體側上方，延伸至第二背鰭基底末端，第二條貫通眼部，但僅延伸至鰓蓋末緣；第一背鰭硬棘末端呈漆黑色斑塊。

主要棲息於礁石區。群居性，以浮游動物或其它底棲無脊椎動物為食。雄性具口孵行為。