New Guinea Cardinalfish
Jaydia novaeguineae
- Usual depth2–60 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsDecember
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–60 m · Deepest record: 85 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- New Guinea Cardinalfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 新幾內亞天竺鯛, 條紋天竺鯛, 白邊天竺鯛
Other scientific names: Apogon novaeguineae
Similar species
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
- Elliot's Cardinalfish
Jaydia ellioti
- Smith's Cardinalfish
Jaydia smithi
- Flagfin cardinalfish
Jaydia truncata
- Ocellate Cardinalfish
Jaydia carinatus
- Orange-eye Cardinalfish
Jaydia erythrophthalma
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).
- 61 open-data records from 1947 to 2009.
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