Apogonidae

Blackbelted cardinalfish

Taeniamia zosterophora

Eight Centimeters Apogonid Fish of Western Pacific

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Taeniamia zosterophora, the girdled cardinalfish, is a species of cardinalfish native to the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Vanuatu and from the Ryukyus to Australia. It is in the genus Taeniamia, which was described in 2013. This species can be found on reefs in protected bays and lagoons, occurring in dense schools around and among the branches of various species of branching corals, notably Porites cylindrica and species of Acropora and over sandy patches.