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Cardinalfishes, Family Apogonidae, Pt. 4
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By Bob Fenner
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Ostorhinchus maculiferus
(Garrett 1864), Spotted
Cardinalfish. To 14 cm. Eastern Central Pacific; Hawaiian endemic.
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| Ostorhinchus margaritophorus Bleeker 1854, the Red-Striped
Cardinal. To. 6.5 cm. Western Central Pacific: Indo-Malay Archipelago to
Solomon Islands. Aq. Pic. |
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| Ostorhinchus nanus (Allen, Kuiter & Randall
1994). W. Central Pacific. Here in S. Leyte, P.I. 2013 amongst Diadema
setosum spines. |
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| Ostorhinchus neotes Allen, Kuiter, Randall 1994.
Mini Cardinalfish. To 2.7 cm. Western Central Pacific: Maumere Bay
(Indonesia), Palau and Madang, Papua New Guinea. Aq. Pic. |
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| Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus (Lachner 1953), the Blackstriped Cardinalfish. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to the Tuamotus.
This adult one in Fiji; juveniles below. |
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Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus
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Ostorhinchus sealei (Fowler 1918), Seale's
Cardinalfish. Western Pacific; Malaysia to Micronesia. To three
inches in length. One in Redang, Malaysia and a pair in N.
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Genus Phaeoptyx: Tropical W. Atlantic genus of three nominal
species.
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Phaeoptyx conklini (Sylvester 1915), Freckled Cardinalfish. TWA. To
under 3.5". Crescent shaped marks in rows along body. Here in Roatan 2019 at
night. |
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Genus Pristiapogon:
| Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks 1906), the
Narrow-stripe Cardinalfish. To 12 cm.s in length. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to
Line Islands; S. Japan to GBR. Upper Sinai at night 2019. |
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| Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes 1832), the
Bridled Cardinalfish. To four inches in length. Indo-Pacific; from
Durban, South Africa to Tuamotus. Images from Fiji at
night. |
 
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| Pristiapogon kallopterus Bleeker 1856, the
Iridescent Cardinalfish. Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea (where
this one was photographed at night while foraging). To six inches
in length. A larger specimen out during the day in the Maldives
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