Home > Fishes > Cardinalfishes > Pristiapogon taeniopterus

Updated 9/13/2022

Family Apogonidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pristiapogon taeniopterus

Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet

 

Kure Atoll, 15 feet



Vava'u, Tonga, 6 feet

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

 



Night juvenile, South Kohala

Kapoho, Hawaii, 3 feet

 

 BANDFIN CARDINALFISH    'UPAPALU

Uncommon on rocky reefs taking shelter in dark holes by day, emerging at night to feed upon zooplankton.  Displays an iridescent silver cast at night.  More robust than the Iridescent Cardinalfish with well-defined stripes on fins and dark blotches on the side.  Attains 6 inches.  Spotty records from Mauritius east to French Polynesia and and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Apogon menesemus and Apogon taeniopterus.