candystripe cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus endekataenia
- Usual depth1–8 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–8 m · Deepest record: 27 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- candystripe cardinalfish, Eleven-stripe Cardinalfish, Endeka Cardinalfish, Many-striped Cardinal, Many-striped Cardinalfish
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Bengali
- Japanese
- Kosujiishimochi, コスジイシモチ
- Korean
- 줄동갈돔
- Thai
- ปลาอมไข่สิบเอ็ดแถบ
Other scientific names: Amia endekataenia, Apogon edekataenia, Apogon endekataenia, Apogon singapurensis, Ostorhinchus edekataenia, Ostorhynchus endekataenia
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).
- 166 open-data records from 1852 to 2010.
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