Mozambique cardinalfish

Taeniamia mozambiquensis

Black round spot on caudal base

Mozambique cardinalfish is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Taeniamia
Maximum length: 8.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: eastern coast of Africa and its associated islands, from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal (Ref. 54391 ). Reported as likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623 ) but Randall and van Egmond 1994 (Ref. 10685 ) believe otherwise.

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