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Narrowstripe Cardinalfish

Pristiapogon exostigma

Classification

Pristiapogon exostigma, also known as Eyeshadow cardinalfish or oneline cardinalfish, is a small (max length is 11 cm) pale ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes with light-ended black stripe ending in black spot above centre of stripe. It has an Indo-Pacific range which extends from the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Mangareva Islands and south to northern Australia and north to the Ryukyu Islands. This species spends the day sheltering under rock ledges.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 4United States of America · 2