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By Bob Fenner

Pterapogon kauderni

Genus Archamia: Formerly several, now only one valid species per Fishbase.org

Archamia (now Taeniamia) fucata

Archamia (now Taeniamia) biguttata

Archamia (now Taeniamia) zosterophora

Genus Cheilodipterus:

Cheilodipterus alleni Gon 1993, Southwestern Pacific; New Guinea, Indonesia. To four inches for males, about 2.5" for females. This one in Fiji.

Cheilodipterus artus Smith 1961. The Wolf Cardinalfish. To seven inches in length. Indo-Pacific; East Africa to GBR, Japan. Feeds on small fishes. Raja Ampat pic.

Cheilodipterus isostigmus (Schultz 1940), the Dog-Toothed Cardinalfish. West-central Pacific. To nearly four inches in length. This three inch one in Fiji.

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Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede 1802), the Largetoothed Cardinalfish. Indo-Pacific; East Africa to the Marshall Islands. To nearly ten inches in length. A six inch specimen in Manado/Sulawesi/Indonesia,and a male of about the same size in the Red Sea "with a mouthful" of young.

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Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828, the Fivelined Cardinalfish. Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea. To five inches in length. Here is pictured an adult and young near a Sea Urchin in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

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Genus Nectamia:

Nectamia bandanensis (Bleeker 1854). The Big-Eye Cardinal. Indo-West Pacific. To four inches in length. Aq. pic. http://fishbase.org/summary/Species Summary.php?id=5763

Genus Ostorhinchus: Plus see the genus Apogon for species that have been moved to this genus. 89 valid species according to Fishbase.org.

Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith and Radcliffe 1911), the Black- or Broad striped Cardinalfish. Indo-Pacific and Red Sea. to three inches. A reclusive species that prefers caves and overhangs. Mauritius 2016.

Ostorhinchus apogonoides (Bleeker 1857). Golden bodied w/ two blue lines through the head running horizontally. To 10 cm. Lives in associations of a few dozen individuals, rising off the reef during the day. Zooplanktivore. Western Pacific, I.O. and Red Sea. Here in Mauritius in 2016.

Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepede 1802),  the Ring-Tail Cardinalfish. Black bar encircles caudal peduncle. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea, east Africa to New Caledonia. To nearly five inches in length. One off of Gili Air, Lombok, and a pair in N. Sulawesi.
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