Narrow-lined Cardinalfish
Taeniamia fucata
- Usual depth2–22 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, August, and September
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Taeniamia fucata, commonly known as the orange-lined- or painted cardinalfish, is a marine fish native to reefs from northern Australia and New Guinea, across the Indian Ocean to the east coast of Africa, and Pacific Ocean to Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and the Ryukyu Islands. It was known as Archamia fucata until 2013. FishBase treats T. sansibaricus as synonymous with T. fucata. but T. sansibaricus is recognised as valid by the Catalog of Fishes:
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 16 records
- February: 17 records
- March: 25 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 44 records
- June: 25 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 31 records
- September: 37 records
- October: 27 records
- November: 28 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–22 m · Deepest record: 65 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Narrow-lined Cardinalfish, Narrowlined Cardinalfish, Orange-lined cardinalfish, Orangelined cardinalfish, Painted Cardinal, Painted Cardinalfish, Red-barred Cardinalfish
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Apogon à stries orange, Apogon à stries oranges
- Japanese
- スミツキアトヒキテンジクダイ
- Thai
- ปลาอมไข่ลายทแยง
- Simplified Chinese
- 褐斑帶天竺鯛
Other scientific names: Apogon fucatus, Apogon macropteroides, Archamia dispilus, Archamia fucata, Archamia fuctata, Archamia irida, Archamia macropteroides
Similar species
- Blackspot Cardinalfish
Taeniamia biguttata
- shimmering cardinal
Taeniamia lineolata
- Duskytail Cardinalfish
Taeniamia macroptera
- Blackbelted Cardinalfish
Taeniamia zosterophora
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
- Barred Striped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus fasciatus
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).
- 996 open-data records from 1849 to 2017.
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