Yellowmouth Cardinalfish
Scientific Name: Archamia bleekeri
Species: Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)
Other names: Gon's Cardinalfish
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Yellowmouth CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in March 2008
Photographed at: Ganghi - Maldives
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Yellowmouth CardinalfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh - Indonesia
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Description
Also known as Gon's Cardinalfish.
Found in dense schools hovering above outcrops on coastal reefs.
They feed nocturnally on small fish, zooplankton and bottom dwelling crustaceans.
Length - 9cm
Depth - 10-30m
Widespread Indo-West 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 Yellowmouth Cardinalfish is found in or near the Indo-West Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 2 times by user @fishx6
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