Biology
13 entries in the Banggai cardinalfish compendium.
Biology and life historyWhere they live, how deep they go, and the habitats that define them—straight from the FishBase database.Courtship displayA slow, chromatic duet where the male carries the next generation.Oral incubationThe reef's smallest nursery is a single pair of jaws, and the eggs are its only cargo.OvipositionEvery egg laid in the sea is a wager against a billion currents.SpermiationThe testis lets go—mature sperm detach in a wave and flood the lumen, ready for the sea.Nocturnal foragingWhen the sun drops, the reef's busiest shift begins.PlanktivoryThe ocean's great sieve: turning a billion drifting cells into the flesh of giants.GonochorismTwo bodies, two seeds, two spaces—gonochorism is the architecture of most marine life.TerritorialityA reef fish flares its fins and drives every rival back to the same invisible line in the water.Parental careIn the open ocean, the most costly act of love is staying when every instinct says flee.Benthic foragingThe seafloor is not a desert; it is a kitchen, and benthic foragers are its chefs.Diel vertical migrationThe ocean's greatest daily commute, invisible to the eye but unmistakable on every sonar ping.Chemical communicationIn the dark, silent deep, the only words that matter are the ones you taste.
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