Copperstriped cardinalfish - 114e HK Reef Fish

Copperstriped cardinalfish

Characteristics

Recorded singly, in pairs or in small schools.

Description

Body pinkish to silvery.
Several horizontal copper stripes on body. The middle stripe begins from the tip of the head and continues through the tail. The stripe above the middle stripe begins from head but ends at mid-body.

Common Name: Copperstriped cardinalfish

Family Common Name: Cardinalfishes

Family: Apogonidae

Scientific Name: Ostorhinchus holotaenia___(Regan, 1905)

Genus: Ostorchinchus

Maximum Length: 8 cm (Total Length)

Copperstriped cardinalfish