cardinalfish
IPA: kɑrdinˈɑɫfɪʃ
noun
- Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
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Examples of "cardinalfish" in Sentences
- The Banggai cardinalfish is a paternal mouthbrooder.
- When it comes to breeding marine fish, Banggai cardinalfish are one of the easiest.
- Many species were affected, including cardinalfish, parrotfish, damselfish and others.
- The United States recently unsuccessfully asked CITES to list the Banggai cardinalfish
- Some species including black oreo and black cardinalfish occur more often on seamounts than above the adjacent slopes and seafloor.
- Squirrelfish, bigeyes, and some cardinalfish also forage for invertebrates off of the reef at night, but they do not move as far as snappers and grunts.
- Three cardinalfish, each measuring less than 2cm in length, which are normally found on the coral reefs of the Banggai Islands between the Philippines and Australia, were born at the Blue Reef Aquarium.
- Among the potentially new species documented were two types of cardinalfish, two varieties of dottybacks, a garden eel, a sand perch, a fang blenny, a new species of goby and a previously unknown Euphyllia bubble coral.
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