Nineband Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus
- Usual depth0–12 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, July, and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 41 records
- February: 21 records
- March: 18 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 55 records
- June: 33 records
- July: 44 records
- August: 39 records
- September: 42 records
- October: 36 records
- November: 27 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–12 m · Deepest record: 79 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Nineband Cardinalfish, Nine-banded Cardinalfish, Nine-banded Soldier-fish, Nine-banded Soldierfish, Nine-line Cardinalfish, Nineline Cardinalfish, Ninestripe Cardinalfish, Sevenstripe Cardinalfish, sevenstriped cardinalfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Tasujiishimochi, タスジイシモチ
- Simplified Chinese
- 九帶天竺鯛, 九帶鸚天竺鯛, 九線天竺鯛, 九线鹦天竺鲷, 大目側仔, 大面側仔
Other scientific names: Apogon novemfasciatus, Lovamia novemfasciata
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).
- 709 open-data records from 1828 to 2017.
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