Yellowstriped Cardinalfish

Q: Where can you find Yellowstriped Cardinalfish?

Yellowstriped Cardinalfish can be found in: Egypt East, Visayas, Australia West, Saudi Arabia West, Taiwan, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Cebu Island, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Qatar, India, Israel, Japan South, India East, Thailand West, Israel South, Indo-Pacific West, Oman, Oman East, Somalia North, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Malaysia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Mozambique, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Djibouti, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Somalia.

Ostorhinchus cyanosoma

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Ostorhinchus cyanosoma is a Cardinalfish from the Indo-West Pacific.

Description

It grows to a size of 8 cm in length although the average length is 6 cm. The fish is colored with a blueish tinge with six orange-yellow stripes. Ostorhinchus cyanosoma is harmless to humans.

Distribution

Ostorhinchus cyanosoma is found in the Indo-Pacific. It is specifically found in the Red Sea south to Mozambique and east to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu and Bonin islands, south to New Caledonia. It is also found in the Great barrier Reef, and the waters around Madagascar.

Diet

The Ostorhinchus cyanosoma eats planktonic crustaceans and small invertebrates.

Habitat

It lives in clear water areas of lagoons, and shallow reefs. It inhabits waters from 1 to 50m and makes its home under ledges, in holes and aggregations, and in between the spines of sea urchins. Although it can go down to 50 m it usually stays at around 1 to 15m.