Apogonidae

flagfin cardinalfish

Jaydia truncata

Fish Reaching Fifteen Centimeters in the Red Sea

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• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The flagfin cardinalfish (Jaydia truncata) is a species of ray-finned fish from the cardinalfish family of Apogonidae. It is an Indo-Pacific species which is found from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to Australia and Japan. It is associated with reefs in the inshore waters and continental shelf where occurs at depths from the surface to 132 metres (433 ft) and is a nocturnal species.