Conservation status

Lore & Background

IUCN Red List category: Endangered Category code: EN Assessed taxon: Pterapogon kauderni Koumans, 1933 IUCN taxon ID: 63572

This official assessment flags the species as Endangered, but the story behind that label is incomplete: no population trend, no estimate of how many remain, and no breakdown of threats are included here — the full picture requires diving into the Red List's own database via their API.

Reader's Guide

Red List categories are assigned by assessors against published criteria. Follow the source link for the full assessment, including its date, which may be some years old.

Sources IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (taxon 63572) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63572/0 — IUCN Red List category, as redistributed in GBIF's IUCN Red List checklist. iucnredlist.org blocks automated requests, so this link is given in IUCN's canonical form rather than fetch-verified. — Accessed 2026-09-19 GBIF IUCN Red List category endpoint (taxonKey 2397627) — https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/2397627/iucnRedListCategory — The retrievable record this page was built from.

Did You Know?

• IUCN Red List category for this species: Endangered.
• The Banggai cardinalfish is one of the few marine fish species to be listed as Endangered — most are Data Deficient or Least Concern.
• A single breeding pair can produce a mouthful of eggs (up to 60), but the male broods them in his mouth for weeks, making him an easy target for collectors.