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Yellowstriped cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowstriped cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8 cm (total length); commonly 6 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 50 m (usually 1 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A small, bluish-silver cardinalfish with six orange-yellow stripes, reaching about 8 cm. It lives in groups under ledges, in holes or among sea-urchin spines on clear lagoon and outer reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ostorhinchus-cyanosoma.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Apogónido_(Ostorhinchus_cyanosoma),_islas_Ad_Dimaniyat,_Omá
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.