Apogonidae

sponge cardinalfish

Phaeoptyx xenus

Fish Reaching Seven Point Five Centimeters in Mexican Waters

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

sponge cardinalfish is a marine fish of Western Central Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 7.5 cm.