bridled cardinalfish

About this species

Pristiapogon is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Pristiapogon”, 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: 41 records
February: 33 records
March: 46 records
April: 56 records
May: 139 records
June: 35 records
July: 31 records
August: 41 records
September: 36 records
October: 58 records
November: 64 records
December: 39 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–29 m · Deepest record: 79 m

0–10 m: 73 records
10–20 m: 74 records
20–30 m: 52 records
30–40 m: 7 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 38 records
26–28 °C: 160 records
28–30 °C: 157 records

Photos

(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: bridled cardinalfish, Bridleed Cardinalfish, Spurcheek cardinalfish, Spiny-eye Cardinalfish, Spinyeye Cardinalfish, Spiny-eyed Cardinal-fish, Spiny-eyed Cardinalfish, Spur-cheek Cardinalfish, Spurcheek Cardinalfish, Tapered-line Cardinalfish

Names in 4 more languages

French: Apogon bridé, Bengali, Bouski Canal
Japanese: Hitosujiishimochi, ヒトスジイシモチ
Thai: ปลาอมไข่หนาม
Simplified Chinese: 棘眼鋸天竺鯛

Other scientific names: Amia frenata, Apogon fraenatus, Apogon frenatus, Apogon vittiger, Ostorhinchus fraenatus, Pristiapogon frenatus

Similar species

eyeshadow cardin
Pristiapogon exostigma
Iridescent Cardinalfish
Pristiapogon kallopterus
Bandfin Cardinalfish
Pristiapogon taeniopterus
Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
Barred Striped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
Cryptic Cardinalfish
Apogon erythrinus

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).
845 open-data records from 1832 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.