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Duskytail Cardinalfish

Taeniamia macroptera

Seabook: Duskytail Cardinalfish

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Max Weight

Max Depth

20 m

Description

Taeniamia macroptera is a specieas of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Description The body is silvery white without melanocytes; there are more than 20 orange narrow and curved vertical stripes on the side of the body, and there is a visible blackish tail base. The snout is y... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

black
silver
yellow
orange

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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