Flagfin cardinalfish
Jaydia truncata
- Usual depth26–96 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 14 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 19 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 14 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 48 records
- November: 26 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 26–96 m · Deepest record: 122.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Flagfin cardinalfish, flagfin cardinalfish, Flag-fin Cardinal-fish, Flat-tail Cardinalfish
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Tsumaguroishimochi, ツマグロイシモチ
- Thai
- ปลาอมไข่ครีบบั้ง
- Simplified Chinese
- 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 截尾天竺鯛, 截尾天竺鲷, 黑邊天竺鯛
Other scientific names: Apogon arafurae, Apogon truncata, Apogon truncatus, Apogonichthys taeniopterus
Similar species
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
- Elliot's Cardinalfish
Jaydia ellioti
- Smith's Cardinalfish
Jaydia smithi
- 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).
- 349 open-data records from 1855 to 2017.
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