Apogonidae

Marbled cardinalfish

Fowleria marmorata

Black eye spot on gill cover

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Marbled cardinalfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 7.5 cm.