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Apogonidae
Rifle cardinal
Ostorhinchus kiensis
Apogonid Fish beneath Philippine Waters
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Indian Ocean
Deep-bodied
SmallRifle cardinal is known from Northwest Pacific as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cardinalfishes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Ostorhinchus
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Reports from the Indian Ocean are based on specimens of Apogon bryx and those from the Philippines by Fowler and Bean (1930) are Apogon fasciatus .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
