Tiger Cardinalfish (Juvenile)
Scientific Name: Cheilodipterus macrodon
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Pacific Tiger Cardinalfish, Large Toothed Cardinalfish, Eightlined Cardinalfish, Bigtooth Percelle.
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Tiger Cardinalfish (Juvenile)Uploaded by: @fishx6 in March 2008
Photographed at: Gangehi - Maldives
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Tiger Cardinalfish (Juvenile)Uploaded by: @fishx6 in March 2008
Photographed at: Gangehi - Maldives
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Tiger Cardinalfish (Juvenile)Uploaded by: @fishx6 in March 2008
Photographed at: Gangehi - Maldives
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Description
Also known as Pacific Tiger Cardinalfish, Large Toothed Cardinalfish, Eightlined Cardinalfish and Bigtooth Percelle.
Found singly, pairs or small groups in sheltered clear lagoons, seaward reefs below overhangs and in caves, sheltering during the day coming out at night to feed on zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 2-40m
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 Tiger Cardinalfish (Juvenile) is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 3 times by user @fishx6
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