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Bony fish

Bluespot Cardinalfish

Apogon nitidus

Also known as: Bluespot Cardinal, Nurseryfish

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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, sheltering during the day, dispersing at night, foraging for food, over coral and rocky reefs.

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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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, or in small schools, sheltering during the day, dispersing at night, foraging for food, over coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderApogoniformes
    5. familyApogonidae
    6. genusApogon
    7. speciesApogon nitidus (Smith, 1961)

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    More in the family

    Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)