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Cardinalfishes, Family Apogonidae, Pt. 4

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By Bob Fenner

 
Ostorhinchus maculiferus (Garrett 1864), Spotted Cardinalfish. To 14 cm. Eastern Central Pacific; Hawaiian endemic. Big Island pic. 

Ostorhinchus margaritophorus Bleeker 1854, the Red-Striped Cardinal. To. 6.5 cm. Western Central Pacific: Indo-Malay Archipelago to Solomon Islands. Aq. Pic.

Ostorhinchus nanus (Allen, Kuiter & Randall 1994). W. Central Pacific. Here in S. Leyte, P.I. 2013 amongst Diadema setosum spines.

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.

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  
Ostorhinchus parvulus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912). Bali 2014
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. Sulawesi. 

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Genus Phaeoptyx: Tropical W. Atlantic genus of three nominal species.

Phaeoptyx conklini (Sylvester 1915), Freckled Cardinalfish. TWA. To under 3.5". Crescent shaped marks in rows along body. Here in Roatan 2019 at night.

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.
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 also shown.

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