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Cardinalfishes (49)
General description
Cardinalfishes are mostly small, peaceful, and generally nocturnal fishes. They got her name because the main coloration of many of these fishes are red. They are carnivorous plankton feeders with generally large eyes and mouths, some of them are very colorful. Most Kind of this genus are found amongst coral branches duringe the day, searching for food at night. They are mouthbreeder, the males incubating the eggs. Cardinalfishes are best kept in small groups and should have adequate caves and
[Further read]
hiding places with subdued lighting.
Order:Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: 22
Species: 207
Apogon
(34),
Apogonichthys
(1),
Archamia
(2),
Cheilodipterus
(3),
Fowleria
(3),
Pseudamia
(1),
Pterapogon
(1),
Rhabdamia
(1),
Sphaeramia
(2),
Zoramia
(1)
Apogon (34)
A. apogonides
Short tooth cardinal
A. aureus
Ring tailed cardinalfish
A. binotatus
Barred cardinalfish
A. ceramensis
Ceram cardinalfish
A. chrysopomus
Spotted gill cardinalfish
A. compressus
Ochre striped cardinalfish
A. cookii
Cooks cardinalfish
A. cyanosoma
Yellowstriped cardinalfish
A. cyanosoma
Yellowstriped cardinalfish
A. doederleini
Doederlein
A. exostigma
Eyeshadow Cardinalfish
A. fleurieu
Cardinalfish
A. griffini
Hookfin Cardinalfish
A. hoeveni
Flag fin cardinalfish
A. imberbis
Cardinal fish
A. kallopterus
Iridescent cardinalfish
A. maculatus
Flamefish
A. margaritophorus
Red striped cardinalfish
A. melas
Black cardinalfish
A. moluccensis
Moluccan cardinalfish
A. monochrous
Cardinal fish
A. neotes
Mini cardinalfish
A. nigrofasciatus
Blackstripe cardinalfish
A. oxina
Cardinalfish
A. pallidofasciatus
Cardinalfish
A. parvulus
Red spotted cardinalfish
A. properupta
Southern orange lined cardinal fish
A. pseudomaculatus
Twospot cardinalfish
A. sangiensis
Sangi cardinalfish
A. semilineatus
Half lined cardinal
A. semiornatus
Oblique banded cardinalfish
A. sp. 01
A. townsendi
Belted cardinalfish
A. zebrinus
[Nach Oben]
Apogonichthys (1)
A. abocellatus
red sea cardinal
[Nach Oben]
Archamia (2)
A. fucata
Orangelined Cardinalfish
A. zosterophora
Blackbelted cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
Cheilodipterus (3)
C. arabicus
Tiger cardinal
C. macrodon
Large toothed cardinalfish
C. quinquelineatus
Five lined cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
Fowleria (3)
F. aurita
Crosseyed cardinalfish
F. flammea
Cardinalfish
F. isostigma
Cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
Pseudamia (1)
P. amblyuroptera
White jawed cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
Pterapogon (1)
P. kauderni
Banggai cardinal fish
[Nach Oben]
Rhabdamia (1)
R. gracilis
Luminous cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
Sphaeramia (2)
S. nematoptera
Pajama cardinalfish
S. orbicularis
Orbiculate cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
Zoramia (1)
Z. leptacantha
Threadfin cardinalfish
[Nach Oben]
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