Fivelined Cardinalfish
Scientific Name: Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Five-line Cardinalfish, Five-band Cardinalfish, Five-striped Apogon.
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Fivelined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Fivelined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
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Fivelined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
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Description
Also known as Five-line Cardinalfish, Five-band Cardinalfish and Five-striped Apogon.
Found in small groups in coastal lagoons, inner and outer reef margins often swimming through staghorn corals, sheltering during the day coming out at night to feed on zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 12cm
Depth - 10-30m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
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 Fivelined Cardinalfish is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 4 times by user @fishx6
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