Mini cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus neotes

Black stripe hidden under skin

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Ostorhinchus neotes, the mini cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a cardinalfish, from the family Apogonidae. It is found in the western central Pacific Ocean from the Philippines south to Australia and has been reported from Tonga. It is a small cardinalfish with a small semi-transparent body which has a black stripe along its flanks underneath the skin, and a large, black spot at the base of the caudal fin.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Ostorhinchus
Maximum length: 2.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Philippines (Ref. 48613 ); Maumere Bay (Indonesia), Palau and Madang, Papua New Guinea; Australia (Ref. 75154 ) and Solomon Islands (Ref. 90102 ). Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).

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