Cavite Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus cavitensis
- Usual depth7–45 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 20 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–45 m · Deepest record: 60.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cavite Cardinalfish, White-line Cardinalfish, Whiteline Cardinalfish, Yellow Cardinal-fish, Yellow Cardinalfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Thai
- ปลาอมไข่แถบขาว
Other scientific names: Amia cavitensis, Amia cavitiensis, Apogon cavitensis, Apogon cavitiensis, Apogon virgulatus
Similar species
- Barred Striped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
Bandtail CardinalOstorhinchus aureus
Blue-lined CardinalfishOstorhinchus cyanosoma
Blackbanded SoldierfishOstorhinchus nigrofasciatus
- Broadstriped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus angustatus
- Blue-eye Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus compressus
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).
- 218 open-data records from 1900 to 2021.
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