Ninestripe Cardinal

Ostorhinchus taeniophorus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–11 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Ostorhinchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Apogonidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Ostorhinchus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 29 records
February: 44 records
March: 48 records
April: 60 records
May: 77 records
June: 40 records
July: 19 records
August: 37 records
September: 34 records
October: 19 records
November: 47 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–11 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 238 records
10–20 m: 29 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 7 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 82 records
26–28 °C: 197 records
28–30 °C: 183 records

Names and classification

English: Ninestripe Cardinal, Pearly-line Cardinalfish, Pearly-lined Cardinalfish, reef-flat cardinalfish

Names in 3 more languages

French: Apogon de platier
Japanese: Misujitenjikudai, ミスジテンジクダイ
Simplified Chinese: 九帶天竺鯛, 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 褐帶天竺鯛, 褐帶鸚天竺鯛

Other scientific names: Amia fasciata, Apogon saipanensis, Apogon taeniophorus, Lovamia saipanensis

Similar species

Barred Striped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
Bandtail Cardinal
Ostorhinchus aureus
Blue-lined Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Blackbanded Soldierfish
Ostorhinchus 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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
910 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.

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