Hayashi's Cardinalfish
Pseudamia hayashii
- Usual depth6–34 m
- Water temperature27–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Pseudamia hayashii, commonly known as Hayashi's cardinalfish, is a species of cardinalfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Gulf of Aden to Samoa, north to southern Japan and south to Western Australia. The specific name honours the Japanese ichthyologist Masayoshi Hayashi, a curator at the Yokosuka City Museum, who has studied the cardinalfishes of Japan and who lent a specimen of P. hayashi on learning of the authors' research on the genus Pseudamia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pseudamia hayashii”, 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: 4 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 10 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–34 m · Deepest record: 79 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Hayashi's Cardinalfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Sabikudaribozugisumodoki, サビクダリボウズギスモドキ
Other scientific names: Pseudamia hayashi
Similar species
- Gelatinous cardinalfish
Pseudamia gelatinosa
- Pearl-jawed Cardinalfish
Pseudamia amblyuroptera
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
- Barred Striped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
Cryptic CardinalfishApogon erythrinus
Timor CardinalApogonichthyoides timorensis
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).
- 105 open-data records from 1954 to 2014.
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