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Apogonidae
dusky cardinalfish
Phaeoptyx pigmentaria
Black blotch on tail base
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Smalldusky cardinalfish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cardinalfishes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Phaeoptyx
- Water type
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
Class
Family
