Capricorn cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus capricornis

Fish Reaching Five Point Eight Centimeters in Australian Waters

Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Small
Temperate fish

Ostorhinchus capricornis, also known as the Capricorn cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a cardinalfish from the family Apogonidae which occurs around reefs in the western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Ostorhinchus
Maximum length: 5.8 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Pacific: Capricorn Group on the southern Great Barrier Reef and Chesterfield Group in the Coral Sea, and Sydney, New South Wales of Australia.

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