Apogonidae

Eyeshadow Cardinalfish

Pristiapogon exostigma

Dark stripe ends in black spot

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Pristiapogon exostigma, also known as Eyeshadow cardinalfish or oneline cardinalfish, is a small (max length is 11 cm) pale ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes with light-ended black stripe ending in black spot above centre of stripe. It has an Indo-Pacific range which extends from the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Mangareva Islands and south to northern Australia and north to the Ryukyu Islands. This species spends the day sheltering under rock ledges.