Apogonidae

Cryptic cardinalfish

Apogonichthyoides umbratilis

Five brown bars along body

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Cryptic cardinalfish is known from East Indian to Western Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.