Threadfin cardinalfish
Species of fish
Threadfin cardinalfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Kurtiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Genus: | Zoramia |
Species: | Z. leptacantha |
Binomial name | |
Zoramia leptacantha Bleeker, 1856 |
The threadfin cardinalfish or bluestreak cardinalfish, Zoramia leptacantha,[1] it is one of the cardinalfishes found in the Red Sea and off Mozambique Island to Samoa and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, and south to New Caledonia and Micronesia.[2]
A translucent fish with vertical iridescent blue lines on the head and front of body, it grows up to 6 cm in length. In juveniles, the blue lines are missing. Adults occur in small aggregations from 1 to at least 12 m deep, usually close to branching coral, in sheltered bays and lagoons.
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