Shimmering cardinal

Taeniamia lineolata

Fish Reaching Ten Point Three Centimeters in the Red Sea

Taeniamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Taeniamia
Maximum length: 10.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Red Sea. Reports outside this area are misidentifications of several other species, including bleekeri , flavofasciata , fucata , macroptera , and mozambiquensis .

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