Multi-bar Cardinalfish
Jaydia striata
- Usual depth15–82 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–82 m · Deepest record: 82 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Multi-bar Cardinalfish, Tiger Cardinalfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 條紋天竺鯛, 橫帶天竺鯛
Other scientific names: Amia striata, Apogon striata, Apogon striatus, Apogonichthys striatus
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).
- 71 open-data records from 1909 to 2014.
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