flagfin cardinalfish

Jaydia truncata

Fish Reaching Fifteen Centimeters in the Red Sea

Black
Silver
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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Jaydia
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to Japan and Australia.

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