Yellowlined Cardinalfish
Scientific Name: Apogon chrysotaenia
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Many-lined Cardinalfish
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Yellowlined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh Resort - Indonesia
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Yellowlined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh Resort - Indonesia
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Yellowlined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh Resort - Indonesia
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Yellowlined CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh Resort - Indonesia
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Description
Also known as Many-lined Cardinalfish.
Found singly or in schools in lagoons, reef flats, and outer reef slopes sheltering during the day coming out at night to feed on zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 10cm
Depth - 3-10m
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. (edit)
Spotted
The Yellowlined Cardinalfish is found in or near the Asian Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 4 times by user @fishx6
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