Elliot's Cardinalfish
Jaydia ellioti
- Usual depth5–79 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and December
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–79 m · Deepest record: 113 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Elliot's Cardinalfish, Flagfin Cardinalfish, flag-in cardinalfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ツマグロイシモチ
- Thai
- ปลาอมไข่ครีบแถบ
Other scientific names: Apogon ellioti, Apogonichthys ellioti, Apogonichtyes ellioti, Apogonicthys ellioti
Similar species
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
- Smith's Cardinalfish
Jaydia smithi
- Flagfin cardinalfish
Jaydia truncata
- Ocellate Cardinalfish
Jaydia carinatus
- 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).
- 234 open-data records from 1875 to 2008.
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