Apogonidae

Bigtooth cardinalfish

Paroncheilus affinis

Apogonid Fish of Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

The bigtooth cardinalfish or longtooth cardinalfish (Paroncheilus affinis) is a species of marine fish in the family Apogonidae and the only member of its genus. The bigtooth cardinalfish lives in the west-central Atlantic, off southern Florida, United States, and from the Bahamas to Venezuela, and as far south as Suriname. This species also is found in the east-central Atlantic and the Gulf of Guinea, and has been reported as far as Cape Verde.