Cardinalfish
31 entries in the Cardinalfish compendium.
ApogonidaeSmall, nocturnal reef fish with large mouths and mouthbrooding males.Astrapogon stellatusA nocturnal cardinalfish that hides in queen conch shells.OzichthysMonotypic cardinalfish genus named in 2014, found in Australia and New Guinea.PterapogonThe only member of its genus, endangered and popular in aquariums.Siphamia tubiferA small reef fish that hides among sea urchin spines and uses bioluminescence.ApogonA large genus of common coral reef cardinalfishes.ApogonichthyoidesA genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.Apogonichthyoides pharaonisA Lessepsian migrant cardinalfish from the Red Sea.ArchamiaMonotypic genus of cardinalfish with one species, Archamia bleekeri.Banggai cardinalfishA diurnal mouthbrooding cardinalfish endemic to the Banggai Islands.Bigtooth cardinalfishA nocturnal mouth-brooding cardinalfish with large canine teeth.JaydiaA genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.Glossamia aprionA freshwater cardinalfish from northern Australia and New Guinea.OstorhinchusA genus of cardinalfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.SiphamiaA genus of cardinalfishes commensal with sea urchins.TaeniamiaA genus of cardinalfishes from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.Belted cardinalfishA mouthbrooding cardinalfish of the western Atlantic.Apogon imberbisA nocturnal mouthbrooding cardinalfish of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.Apogon maculatusA nocturnal cardinalfish with fire-like coloration from the Western Atlantic.Cheilodipterus novemstriatusIndian Ocean cardinalfish that invaded the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.Jaydia quekettiA nocturnal mouthbrooding cardinalfish that invaded the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.Jaydia smithiA nocturnal cardinalfish that colonised the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.Ostorhinchus capricornisA cardinalfish with neon blue stripes from western Pacific reefs.Ostorhinchus compressusA cardinalfish with blue eye rings and brown stripes from the Indo-West Pacific.Ostorhinchus cyanosomaA nocturnal planktivore with orange-yellow stripes and paternal mouthbrooding.Ostorhinchus doederleiniA paternal mouthbrooder that often eats its own eggs.Ostorhinchus fasciatusA Lessepsian migrant cardinalfish from the Indo-West Pacific.Ostorhinchus fleurieuType species of Ostorhinchus, a coppery cardinalfish with a black tail bar.Ostorhinchus maculiferusEndemic Hawaiian cardinalfish with rows of dark spots.Ring-tailed cardinalfishA coppery cardinalfish with a black tail bar, widespread across the Indo-Pacific.Sphaeramia nematopteraA peaceful, mouthbrooding cardinalfish with a bold waistband and polka dots.
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