Ocellate Cardinalfish
Jaydia carinatus
- Usual depth33–139 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 18 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 33–139 m · Deepest record: 165 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Ocellate Cardinalfish, Ocellated Cardinal-fish, Ocellated Cardinalfish
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Matoishimochi, マトイシモチ
- Thai
- ปลาอมไข่ครีบดวง
- Simplified Chinese
- 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 斑鰭天竺鯛
Other scientific names: Apogon carinatus, Apogonichthys carinatus
Similar species
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
- Elliot's Cardinalfish
Jaydia ellioti
- Smith's Cardinalfish
Jaydia smithi
- Flagfin cardinalfish
Jaydia truncata
- Orange-eye Cardinalfish
Jaydia erythrophthalma
- New Guinea Cardinalfish
Jaydia novaeguineae
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).
- 258 open-data records from 1900 to 2011.
- Species data updated October 27, 2026.
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