Hartzfeld's Cardinalfish

Scientific Name: Apogon hartzfeldii
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Silver-lined Cardinalfish and White-lined Cardinalfish

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Description

Also known as Silver-lined Cardinalfish and White-lined Cardinalfish.

Found singly or in groups often sheltering in sea urchin spines in coastal lagoons and reefs during the day coming out at night to feed on zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 12cm
Depth - 2-12m
Widespread Asian 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 Hartzfeld's Cardinalfish has been photographed 5 times by user @fishx6