Smallscale cardinal

Lepidamia multitaeniata

Eighteen Centimeters Apogonid Fish of the Indian Ocean

Lepidamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Lepidamia
Maximum length: 18 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Reported as likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623 ) but Randall and van Egmond 1994 (Ref. 10685 ) believe otherwise.

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