テンジクダイてんじくだいMeanings1nounvertical-striped cardinalfish; Indian perch; coral fishusually written using kana aloneRefers to the fish species Apogon lineatus. In everyday contexts, the katakana form テンジクダイ is standard.水すい族ぞく館かんでテンジクダイの群むれを見みた。I saw a school of vertical-striped cardinalfish at the aquarium.