Broadbanded cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus fasciatus

Apogonid Fish beneath Indo West Pacific

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Ostorhinchus fasciatus, commonly known as the broad-banded cardinalfish, is a marine fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans which is a Lessepsian migrant to the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, it was first recorded off Israel in 2008 and has now reached the southern coast of Turkey. It has a number of vernacular names including barred striped cardinalfish, four-banded soldier-fish, striped cardinalfish and twostripe cardinalfish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Ostorhinchus
Maximum length: 12.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf south to Mozambique and east to the western Pacific where it ranges from Japan to Sydney (Ref. 11411 ). Recorded from the Eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 93672 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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