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Apogonidae
crosseyed cardinalfish
Fowleria aurita
Nine Centimeters Apogonid Fish from the South African Coast
crosseyed cardinalfish is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cardinalfishes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Fowleria
- Maximum length
- 9 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and eastward to Samoa and Mangaréva, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

