Ghost Cardinalfish

Found singly, or in small schools, during the day sheltering in the arms of staghorn corals, or hiding in caves and crevices of the reef, dispersing at night foraging for food, over shallow lagoons and reef flats.
They feed nocturnally on small fish and benthic invertebrates
Widespead 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.