Iridescent Cardinalfish

Pristiapogon kallopterus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–24 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsMay, August, and October
How commonOccasional

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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: 81 records
February: 71 records
March: 61 records
April: 111 records
May: 174 records
June: 100 records
July: 143 records
August: 187 records
September: 151 records
October: 214 records
November: 168 records
December: 42 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–24 m · Deepest record: 182.9 m

0–10 m: 609 records
10–20 m: 329 records
20–30 m: 192 records
30–40 m: 20 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 15 records
24–26 °C: 136 records
26–28 °C: 164 records
28–30 °C: 136 records

Names and classification

English: Iridescent Cardinalfish, Kallopterus Cardinalfish, Saya de Malha Cardinalfish, Snyder's Cardinal, Spiny-head Cardinal, Spiny-head Cardinalfish, Spinyhead Cardinalfish

Names in 3 more languages

French: Apogon irisé, Cardinal à Dorsale Jaune, Poisson Cardinal
Japanese: Kasuriishimochi, カスリイシモチ
Simplified Chinese: 丽鳍棘眼天竺鲷, 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 棘頭天竺鯛, 麗鰭天竺鯛, 麗鰭鋸天竺鯛

Other scientific names: Apogon kallopterus, Apogon snyderi, Ostorhinchus kallopterus, Pristiapogon snyderi

Similar species

bridled cardinalfish
Pristiapogon fraenatus
eyeshadow cardin
Pristiapogon exostigma
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).
2,592 open-data records from 1856 to 2023.

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