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Wassinki Cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus wassinki

Also known as: Kupang Cardinal, Nurseryfish

Adult
@fishx6 · lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 7
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Overview

Found singly, pairs or small schools during the day, sheltering in silty waters close to rocky areas, dispersing at night to feed over coral and rocky reefs.
They feed nocturnally on zooplankton

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

COLOURS
Head & Mouth
black face

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly, pairs or small schools during the day, sheltering in silty waters close to rocky areas, dispersing at night to feed over coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 7

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderApogoniformes
    5. familyApogonidae
    6. genusOstorhinchus
    7. speciesOstorhinchus wassinki (Bleeker, 1861)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)