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Updated 2/8/2023

Family Apogonidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Ostorhinchus aureus



Vava'u, Tonga


Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 50 feet



Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 10 feet


Flores, Indonesia, 40 feet

Male brooding eggs, Anilao, Philippines

RINGTAILED CARDINALFISH

Common in crevices deeper than 20 feet.  Black bar on caudal peduncle slightly narrowed in middle, dark spots along lateral line.  Attains 5.5 inches.  East Africa to Japan and  Fiji.