Norfolk cardinalfish

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 29 records
February: 95 records
March: 33 records
April: 17 records
May: 14 records
June: 14 records
July: 4 records
August: 4 records
September: 23 records
October: 21 records
November: 60 records
December: 50 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–12 m · Deepest record: 14 m

0–10 m: 38 records
10–20 m: 19 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–28 °C

20–22 °C: 157 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Linley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Norfolk cardinalfish

Names in 1 more languages

French: Apogon de Norfolk, Poisson-cardinal de Norfolk

Other scientific names: Apogon norfolcensis

Similar species

Barred Striped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
Gobbleguts
Ostorhinchus rueppellii
Broadstriped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus angustatus
Diamond Cardinal
Ostorhinchus apogonoides
Bandtail Cardinal
Ostorhinchus aureus
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).
1,086 open-data records from 1961 to 2013.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.