Banggai Cardinalfish

Scientific Name: Pterapogon kauderni
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Banggai Emperor, Emperor Cardinalfish, Kaudern's Cardinal, Kaudern's Cardinalfish, Longfin Cardinalfish.

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Description

Also known as Banggai Emperor, Emperor Cardinalfish, Kaudern's Cardinal, Kaudern's Cardinalfish and Longfin Cardinalfish.

Found in shoals in shallow coastal waters, in schools near and often in the spines of Long-spined Sea Urchins, Sea Anemones and branching corals for protection, sheltering during the day coming out at night to feed on zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 7cm
Depth - 0-2m
Restricted to Banggai Islands and central-east Sulawesi in Indonesia.

Males incubate their eggs inside their mouths, as the egg masses increase in size they can be found with wide open mouths where they shift the eggs around to aerate the egg masses.

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The Banggai Cardinalfish has been photographed 13 times by user @fishx6

3 Comments

what has a star got to do with fish answer night diving is better for catching the unsuspecting fish on the camera...

@greatwhite

02. Jan. 2008

Thanks ok.

@epic

30. Dec. 2007

Thank you Ollie you are a STAR

Lorraine

25. Dec. 2007

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