Moluccan Cardinalfish

Q: Where can you find Moluccan Cardinalfish?

Moluccan Cardinalfish can be found in: Taiwan, Australia North, Anilao, Vanuatu, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Australia, Kenya, India, India East, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Indo-Pacific West, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Indian Ocean, Tanzania, Malaysia, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia, Mozambique, Philippines, New Caledonia, Madagascar, Fiji, Thailand.

Ostorhinchus moluccensis

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Ostorhinchus moluccensis is a marine fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Desciption

It has a silvery to brown or reddish-brown body with a distinct white spot behind the rear of the dorsal fin, often a broad dusky mid-lateral stripes, with a narrower partial stripes above, brown and whitish stripes on the head.

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24. Distinguished from other species of Apogon in the subgenus Ostorhinchus with 21-25 rudiments + gill rakers, 14-17 lower arch developed gill rakers; the roof of the mouth and portions of gill arches pale; a whitish spot behind the posterior base of the second dorsal fin.

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: South Africa and India eastward to Fiji; north to Taiwan, south to Australia.

Habitat

Nocturnal species. Occurs inshore; usually in silty habitat on mud slopes, in lagoons, and sheltered reefs. Usually seen in pairs or schooling, comprising numerous pairs when adult.