Inbetween Cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus intermedius
- Usual depth1–22 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–22 m · Deepest record: 23.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Inbetween Cardinalfish, Intermediate Cardinalfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Sudareyaraiishimochi, スダレヤライイシモチ
- Simplified Chinese
- 中間巨牙天竺鯛, 中間巨齒天竺鯛, 中間巨齒天鯛, 大目側仔, 大面側仔
Similar species
Wolf cardinalfishCheilodipterus artus
Largetoothed cardinalfishCheilodipterus macrodon
Fivelined cardinalfishCheilodipterus quinquelineatus
Dog-toothed CardinalfishCheilodipterus isostigma
Singapore CardinalfishCheilodipterus singapurensis
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 128 open-data records from 1957 to 2015.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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