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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]