Iridescent cardinalfish

Pristiapogon kallopterus

Fifteen Point Five Centimeters Apogonid Fish of the Red Sea

Iridescent cardinalfish is a fish of Indo-Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 15.5 cm. Its body is deep body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Pristiapogon
Maximum length: 15.5 cm
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 4329 ) and east to the Line, Marquesan, and Pitcairn islands, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Zealand (Ref. 8879 ) and Rapa.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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