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gelatinous cardinalfish (Pseudamia gelatinosa)
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Apogonidae

gelatinous cardinalfish

Pseudamia gelatinosa

Brown caudal spot nasal flap

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

gelatinous cardinalfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 11 cm.

Maximum length
11 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Sydney Harbor, New South Wales (Australia). Not yet reported from the Persian Gulf, India, Malaysia, Lord Howe Island, Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands, Pitcairn Group, and Easter Island (Ref. 526 ). Recently recorded from India (Ref. 45255 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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