Yellowstriped cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
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A cardinalfish from the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific, bluish silver with orange-yellow stripes. By day it hides among branching corals and sea-urchin spines; at dusk it hunts zooplankton.
- Scientific name
- Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
- Family
- Apogonidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Order
- Kurtiformes
- Synonyms
- Apogon cyanosoma, Apogon cyanosomus, Apogon hyalosoma, Apogon novaeguinea, Ostorhynchus cyanosoma
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, África
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8 cm
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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