Aqaba Cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus lachneri

Yellow ring encircles caudal peduncle spot

Aqaba Cardinalfish is known around Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Cheilodipterus
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: known only in the Red Sea, rare at the south of the Gulf of Aqaba.

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