Split-banded Cardinalfish
Scientific Name: Apogon compressus
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Ochre-striped Cardinalfish, Blue-eye Cardinalfish, Blue Eyed Cardinalfish.
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Split-banded CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh - Indonesia
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Split-banded CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh - Indonesia
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Split-banded CardinalfishUploaded by: @blogie in June 2011
Photographed at: Maxima Beach Resort, Island Garden City of Samal - Philippines
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Description
Also known as Ochre-striped Cardinalfish, Blue-eye Cardinalfish and Blue Eyed Cardinalfish.
Found in groups sheltering in branching corals in protected lagoons and seaward reefs sheltering during the day coming out at night to feed on zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 12cm
Depth - 1-10m
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 Split-banded Cardinalfish is found in or near the Asian Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 3 times by users @fishx6 @blogie
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